The Coolest Thing To Happen:
The Teen Titans/DragonBall Z Crossover
By
Teen Tyrant
To show the change from the world of the Teen Titans and the world of DragonBall Z, there will be parts preceded with Titan World or Z World, to show the transition.
Chapter 1
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Four Months Earlier
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Z World
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Hell.
The realm where mortals go when they die, if they have caused more harm than provided help in their lives. Most of the denizens of Hell are transformed into little grey clouds of a smoke-like substance; their souls. They are then released into a realm that, while providing some comforts, is generally hostile, and they must learn to deal with the other inmates of this reality for the rest of eternity. It is not pleasant company.
To enforce order throughout Hell, many ogres patrol the realm, breaking up disputes and fights among the inmates. However, there are some that are too strong to control, and help must be brought in from above.
Some of the inmates of Hell are so powerful or unique, that they have kept their bodies intact, a halo above their heads to signify that they are, in fact, dead.
On this day, one such resident of Hell was attempting to do what every other inhabitant of the realm had tried to do time and time again… escape.
In one of the grassy clearings of Hell, far away from the lava pits, spiked rock formations, and the prying eyes of patrolling ogres, was a very tiny man, only three feet high. He wore a blue robe, with an orange cloak. He was not a human man, but rather an alien. He had brown skin, a large head shaped like a basketball. His head was covered in many deep wrinkles. All in all, he looked like a living peanut. This was the wizard known as Babidi.
"Paparapapa!" Babidi shouted, thrusting his wrinkly brown hands forward in the air. His eyes were closed. He repeated the word and the action again and again, oblivious to all that took place around him.
"What the devil are you doing, Babidi?" came an old and mocking voice. Babidi opened his eyes and turned his head to see two of his fellow Hell-mates standing beside him. Dr. Gero, the old mastermind behind the Red Ribbon Army and the breathing definition of "mad scientist". To Gero's right, stood his greatest achievement; the genetically engineered monster, Cell; a green, insect/lizard creature, arms folded, staring down at Babidi with cold purple eyes.
Both, like Babidi, had taken shots at destroying Goku and the other Z Warriors, and attempted to conquer earth, and both, like Babidi, had failed and ultimately ended up here, cursed to eternal damnation. Babidi faced his head forward again.
"I am attempting to use my sorcery and open a portal out of this wretched place. I'm certain that with the right application of magic, I can create an opening to the mortal world." he said in irritation, hoping that the two would leave him alone to concentrate.
Gero and Cell both shared a quiet chuckle. "Please, Babidi. We've tried this before. No one is ever going to simply 'open a portal' out of here. There is only one exit from this place, and the only ones who know where it is are not here. But, I suppose we could lend a hand, just to see how far you get before giving up." Dr. Gero said with a laugh, taking off his tall black hat and rubbing at the plastic jar that housed his brain in his robotic body.
Babidi grunted. "If you want to help me, then just make sure that none of the guardians see what I'm doing. If I am interrupted at a critical point, I could alter the reality setting of the universe by accident. Dealing with inter-dimensional boundaries is no simple task. Now stop bothering me." he said, hoping that they would listen to him for once.
Cell unfolded his arms and rested them at his sides in fists. "Well, perhaps we should alert some of the others, just in case he does succeed, wouldn't you agree Doctor?" Cell asked his creator, and he and Gero moved off to let some of their other "friends" know what Babidi was up to, laughing to themselves at the silliness of Babidi's intent.
Babidi concentrated harder, continuing to weave the spell, summoning all of his magic forward as his hands began to glow with golden energy. "Paparapapa!"
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Titan World
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Starfire opened her eyes, knowing by the amount of light coming into her room from below her curtains that it was very early in the morning. The sun was only just beginning to rise. At first, she was confused as to why she would be awake this early in the morning and still feel so well rested. Then she recalled that the night before, Beast Boy had opted to stay up late watching a form of movie that Cyborg had called, "Westerns". While Starfire had never seen one of these, she had been assured by her friends that she probably would not like it, and so had chosen to go to bed early like her other friends, leaving Beast Boy alone in the living room all night.
Pushing the covers away from herself, Starfire sat up in her round bed. Her head was not hanging off of the end of the bed with her feet on the pillow, as he had used to sleep. Recently, she had begun sleeping the way she had seen humans sleep, and had found it much more comfortable.
Rising out of bed, Starfire set her feet on the ground and stood to her full height, running her hands through her beautiful red hair.
Starfire was a beauty rarely seen on earth; Cherry red hair, emerald green eyes, and not just the irises either, but the whites were actually greens, making her entire optical organs pure green. She had a cute, unblemished face, as her species did not suffer from adolescent acne as humans did. Being of a warm and sun battered world, Starfire's skin was very tan, almost to the point of looking orange. She had a thin, yet muscular body, with legs that seemed to go on forever. She wore her usual purple top and skirt, with purple boots that came all the way to her mid-thighs. All in all, physically, she was every male's desire. Of course, anyone who knew her also knew that her drop-dead gorgeous looks weren't even half of what made her so incredible.
Starfire stretched out her arms and reached into her closet to grab a towel and a new uniform. As she exited her room and headed for the bathroom to take her morning shower, she noticed someone coming down the hall of the tower. It was Robin.
Starfire immediately smiled as her… best friend continued to walk in her direction. As Robin passed by, drying his wet hair with a towel, signifying that he had just left the shower, he looked up and noticed her. A smile adorned his face as well as hers.
"Good morning, Starfire." he said to her in a friendly voice, showing that he was as well rested as she was and had not been up all night studying leads on crimes.
"Good morning, Robin. Since we are both the 'early birds' this morning, perhaps you would enjoy watching the sun come up with me, after I have cleansed?" she asked, hoping that he would say yes. Since they were hardly ever up this early, it was an opportunity she did not want to miss, and to share it with him would make it even more special.
Robin nodded. "Sure." he said, and continued walking towards his room.
Starfire's smile widened in delight as she entered the bathroom and shut the door.
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When Starfire exited some time later, changed into a new uniform and drying her long hair with the towel, she headed back to her room, put the towel in the hamper, then headed to the common room of the tower.
As she entered, she noticed that Cyborg and Raven were up as well, having gone to bed early like Robin and herself. Cyborg was going through the cupboards and trying to decide what to cook for breakfast, while Raven was over in a corner, hovering above the ground with her legs crossed, trying to do her morning meditation.
"Good morning, friends!" Starfire beamed happily, as always.
"Good morning, Star." they responded without looking at her, acknowledging her presence while continuing to go about their business.
Starfire innocently put her hand behind her back. "Have you seen Robin? He and I were going to watch the sunrise this morning." she informed them.
Before either of them could answer, Starfire felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see Robin standing behind her.
"I'm right her, Star. We can go up to the roof now, if you want." he ventured.
Starfire smiled and grabbed his hand. "Of course, now would be most agreeable, Robin." she said, happily.
Before the two could head to the stairway that led to the roof, a sudden flashing of red lights, followed by a blaring alarm, rang throughout the living room of Titans Tower.
Starfire's face fell, as did Robin's. It looked like they were not going to get to watch the sunrise today after all. Typical Teen Titan bad luck.
Robin immediately disengaged his hand from Starfire's and headed for the large TV near the windows, where the alert messages were always displayed.
"Trouble." he said simply. Raven lowered herself to the ground and drew her cloak around herself as she moved closer to the monitor. Cyborg closed the cupboards in the kitchen and also headed for the monitor.
"Aw, man. I didn't even decide what breakfast was. I hope this is something easy." Cyborg whined.
Sighing as another perfect opportunity to spend time with Robin was shot down, Starfire lifted herself into the air and flew over to where the others were gathering. As Robin began pushing buttons to call up the alert screen, Starfire heard the living room doors open behind her. Turning around, she saw her friend Beast Boy enter the room, seeming to be sleep walking.
"I'm here." he said in a drone-like voice, clearly still more asleep than awake. He really had stayed up all night. And it was only 6:00 am, earth time. He looked terrible. Starfire flew over to him, and smiled as she placed a hand on his shoulder. She walked the smaller Titan over to the TV screen.
At last, Robin called up a map of Jump City, the town that the Titans called home. In the middle of the screen, at the intersection of two of the busiest streets in the city, flashed a name.
Robin's eyes narrowed. "Killer Moth." Robin said, entirely focused on the battle that no doubt awaited them in the city.
Cyborg's shoulders drooped and he seemed to squirm. "Great, bug trouble." he said, almost shivering at the thought of whatever the insectoid madman had cooked up.
Turning off the monitor, Robin turned around to face his team. "Let's get going." he said, before heading off towards the elevator. The other Titans followed him, Raven raising her hood up over her head as she went. She hardly ever let her head be exposed when going out in public.
The only Titan who did not follow the others immediately was Beast Boy. Still leaning forward with his eyes closed and a single string of drool running from his fanged mouth, Beast Boy turned around and headed to the kitchen. Opening the refrigerator, he reached inside and pulled out a single block of some quivering white substance.
"Need some breakfast first. Too tired." moaned the green skinned teenager. Beast Boy stuffed the large block of tofu into his mouth and gulped it down, uttering a medium sized belch afterward. Feeling a little bit better already, Beast Boy opened his eyes halfway and turned around to head for the elevator.
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In the part of the city where the alert had been raised, the part of town that the Titans were even now heading to, stood a man who was no longer a man. He was shaped like one, but the resemblance ended there. He had the eyes of an insect, large and fractured, seeing several dozen pictures of the world at once, like a wall of TV screens, each one just slightly aimed in a different direction than the others.
He also had an ugly fur growing on his arms and legs, which were jointed oddly. He had a pair of large insect-like wings on his back. His fingers ended in claws like stingers and his mouth was fully of razor teeth. This was Killer Moth, Jump City's resident bug freak criminal.
Killer Moth was standing in the middle of the street, his arms held wide, laughing maniacally to the sky. People were running screaming in all directions, some leaving their cars running in the street. They were not running from Killer Moth himself, but rather from the creatures that accompanied him. His latest successful experiment, dragonflies twelve feet long with scorpion pincer claws. There were four of them, all causing some kind of damage in the area. Two were chewing on street lights and the other two were using their claws to open the tops of cars like sardine cans.
Killer Moth stopped laughing at the chaos his new "babies" were creating when he saw a car much fancier than any other in town turn onto the street he was on and start heading towards him.
"Come to me, my pets. Our guests have arrived." he commanded to the dragonflies. They all stopped eating metal and moved their long, thin bodies over to their master, their wings creating an awful annoying buzzing sound.
As the T-Car screeched to a stop, the Teen Titans all piled out of the car. Cyborg quickly locked it up with its many anti-theft devices, then he and the rest of the team spread out and took their fighting stances.
Robin extended his staff. "Okay, Killer Moth, are you going to come quietly? Or does my buddy Cyborg here need to build a giant bug zapper to put you down?" Robin asked menacingly, knowing that Killer Moth was not going to surrender willingly.
Killer Moth laughed and responded in his raspy voice. "Robin, you know how this works. As a respectable villain of this community, it is my duty to use whatever means necessary to destroy the heroes. So lets get to it, shall we?" he proposed, before taking flight with his wings and flying right at Robin, his claws held out for an attack.
Robin readied himself for the attack. "Titans! Go!" Robin shouted, blocking Killer Moth's claws the next second.
All the Titans moved forward to confront the dreaded dragonflies. Each one selected a target. Beast Boy morphed into a pteranodon and flew at his enemy. The dragonfly snapped its claws at him while Beast Boy began biting and pecking away at its exoskeleton with his dinosaur beak.
Raven focused her energy around her hands, ripping a NO PARKING sign out of the sidewalk and swinging it at one of the dragonflies. The creature was hit on the side of the head with the flat of the sign. It righted itself in the air a moment later, and as Raven swung the sign again, it caught it in its scorpion claw.
Cyborg reached out with both mechanical arms and grasped the claws on his dragonfly. The insect also grasped his hand with its claws. As the two jocked for position, Cyborg realized that these things, like all insects, were quite strong. Knowing he needed more than strength to beat this bug, he extended several tentacle-like cords from his shoulders and wrapped them around the beast's neck, trying to throttle it.
Starfire flew higher up into the air, watching as the last dragonfly buzzed towards her, its wings making a horrible racket. Starfire encased her hands in green energy as her eyes began to glow. She fired a single starbolt at the creature to see its effect. The blast seemed to bounce off of the bug's hard exoskeleton, showing Starfire that she'd need to use stronger blasts than that one if she hoped to destroy this thing.
Starfire flew straight at the bug and threw a punch at its ugly face, half covered by its multiple eye lenses. The creature quickly caught her punch in its claw, clamping painfully down on her wrist.
"Let go of me!" Starfire howled at the beast. She swung her other fist at the thing, but that arm too was caught in a similar fashion. Starfire began to wave her arms around frantically, in an attempt to dislodge the creature from her arms. All to no avail.
On the ground, Robin put one end of his staff on the ground and used it to poll-vault his way over Killer Moth's head. As he touched down on the other side of the madman, he immediately knelt down to his knees and swept his staff back behind him, knocking Killer Moth's legs out from under him.
"Aaugh" Killer Moth howled in pain and frustration as the staff collided painfully with the backs of his legs. He moaned again when his head hit the ground. Shaking his head, he propelled himself up to his feet again and spun to face Robin again. Throwing punch after punch at the boy, all of Killer Moth's attacks were dodged or blocked, and after the seventh punch thrown, Killer Moth received three rapid punches to his own face, causing him to stagger back, dazed. He shook his head again. This was going to be much more challenging than he thought.
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Z World
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In Hell, Babidi suddenly ceased in his chanting and smiled. Yes, that's it! I've almost got it! Indeed, a pocket of air in front of Babidi began to glow golden like his hands as he weaved his spell to open a portal out of Hell. He only prayed he wasn't altering the reality matrix of the mortal world while he did it. The results could be any number of things.
Behind him, a sizable crowd had gathered, consisting of Cell, Dr. Gero, Frieza, King Kold, the Ginyu Force, and several members of the Red Ribbon Army; Hell's most dangerous inhabitants. They all watched as their ally began to do what was thought impossible. All their mouths hung open, some of them had formed their hands into fists and were moving them up and down in the air, quietly cheering the sorcerer on.
Suddenly, a hole, no larger than a pinprick, appeared in the air. It was black, surrounded by the golden glow of the magic forcing it open. A hole that led out of this reality and, hopefully, back to the world of the living. Babidi and the villains behind him all began to grin wickedly, as an actual escape was presenting itself.
Babidi concentrated harder, pouring more of his magic powers into the spell. "Paparapapa!" he continued to shout, the enchanting word allowing him to use all his spells. The hole began to grow larger. To dime size. To quarter size. To the size of a door knob. To the size of a manhole. Finally, to a hole five feet in diameter, plenty of room for any of them to fit through, with the exception of King Kold, who's enormous frame would have had trouble entering a two car garage.
Babidi stared at the achievement he had made and began to laugh maniacally. Finally, a chance to make all those who had wronged him pay!
"Hey you! What's going on here? Everyone break it up!" Came a gruff shout. The group of Hell inmates turned around to see that their little gathering had finally become noticed. A dozen red and blue muscle-bound ogres had gathered in the clearing facing them. Standing with them was a tall green man with no nose, a white and blue outfit covering his body, with a turban on top of his head. Pikkon, one of the greatest champions of Heaven. So the ogres had brought backup to deal with what looked like trouble.
Cell decided to speak on behalf of the group. "Well, hello there boys. We were just playing a game. Surely you are all far too busy to interrupt us while we are having some harmless entertainment." he said mockingly, his voice layered with sarcasm.
Pikkon and the ogres said nothing, merely grunted in response, not about to leave the villains alone when they were grouped together like this, as it always led to trouble.
Cell stepped forward and balled his hands into fists. "Very well, then. I guess we're going to have to settle this out the same way we always do." he said, lowering himself into a fighting stance and summoning up all of his incredible power. Many of the other villains did like-wise. Babidi whispered an enchantment to hold the portal out of Hell open for a few minutes, while he helped the others deal with the interruption. If they left now, with these guys here, they'd be able to follow them and drag them back at once.
"Paparapapa." Babidi said, encasing himself in a shield of sorcery, to avoid potential bruisings.
Pikkon took on a fighting stance as well. "Disperse now. This is your only warning." he said, speaking to Cell directly. Cell merely smirked, then charged forward, the other villains right behind him. The ogres behind Pikkon ran forward as well, clubs ready bash some heads.
As the guards and inmates clashed, Frieza stayed back, moving slowly towards the portal. As he backed up next to Babidi, he turned and looked down at the little alien.
Speaking in his feminine sounding voice, Frieza asked him, "Tell me, is this going to stay open for very long?"
Babidi looked away from the battle and turned to look up at Frieza. "It will stay open as long as I stay conscious. But if it closes, I will not be able to open it again. That spell will work only once." he said, then looked back at the fight, silently rooting for his partners.
Frieza smirked. That was all he needed to know.
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In the mortal world, on planet earth, the portal that Babidi had opened to lead out of Hell had opened up there as well; the exit point. It was relatively close to a large dome-shaped building, yellow in color, the words Capsule Corporation painted on it.
On the other side of this building, where the portal out of Hell could not be seen, three children were in the massive yard. Trunks, Goten and Marron were being babysat by Trunks' grandparents, while their parents had all gone on a sightseeing vacation across the world. Rather, Trunks and Goten's mothers and Marron's father had gone on a sightseeing vacation across the world, and had dragged their reluctant significant others along with them. Goten's older brother Gohan had gone as well, taking his girlfriend Videl along.
Trunks and Goten were sparring in the yard, on the ground so as not to draw attention with flying. Trunks was dressed in his usual green sparring gi and wearing his favorite yellow and black velcro boots. Goten was in his usual orange gi, and was wearing small black boots, like his father's.
Sitting at a lawn table, sipping a lemonade, was Marron. The girl was dressed in an outfit similar to what her mother had once worn, only much smaller. A denim vest over a black shirt, a denim skirt over black leggings, and two small brown boots on her feet.
Marron was watching as her two best friends playfully fought each other. Marron wished she could join them, but knew that they wouldn't be able to enjoy fighting her as much as each other, as they'd have to bring their power levels down considerably. While Marron's parents had finally begun teaching her how to fight these last couple of years, she was nowhere near Trunks and Goten's levels, and she knew that she never would be. Compared to a normal human, her strength was phenomenal; compared to Trunks and Goten, her strength was pitiful.
As she watched the two, Marron could see already that Trunks was going to win again, as usual. Goten was close to Trunks in power, but was never able to quite get up enough strength to defeat him, even in a playful battle. He never seemed to hold this against Trunks and held his friend in high regard, but he tried nonetheless.
Trunks was now throwing punch after rapid punch at Goten, who was able to block them, but it was getting tiring. He started to thrown some kicks at his friend, but Trunks ducked down below them and got in a kick of his own to Goten's gut. Goten doubled over for a moment with an "oof" and scooted back, flattening down the grass with his steps.
Trunks wiped an arm across his forehead, cleaning off a light sweat. "Ready to give up yet, Goten?" he asked in mock arrogance, knowing his friend would never give up so easily, and not wanting him to.
Goten grinned back at his buddy. "You wish." the ten-year-old replied.
Marron picked up one of the cookies Trunks' grandmother had set out on the table and began to munch it, taking a sip of lemonade now and again while she watched them continue.
The three kids had no idea that on the other side of the mansion that Trunks called home, an event was about to take place that would alter the course of their lives.
In the sky, high above where the portal leading from Hell had opened, a bizarre crackling noise began to emanate. The very fabric of the sky began to swirl, like a whirlpool in a body of water. In the center of this strange vortex, a hole began to open as the sky seemed to sink into itself, similar to the effect of a black hole, but with no gravity increase. A blue light began to shine through the sky, from around the edges of this hole, lighting up several city blocks of West Capital City.
As people looked out the windows of cars and buildings at the strange phenomenon, the attention of the kids in the Capsule Corp. backyard was also caught. Trunks, Goten and Marron all turned their heads as one to look up to the sky and all uttered the same word at once.
"Huh?"
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Titan World
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As Starfire and her fellow Titans continued to struggle with the insectoid creatures they were battling, a strange blue light lit up the sky above Jump City. Starfire, very close to the disturbance, looked up to see a vortex in the sky, swirling around a central point that looked almost like a hole in the sky itself.
The dragonfly that still held her also saw this and felt immediately drawn to the strange light, due to its insectoid instincts. The dragonfly beat its wings and took off towards the center of the vortext… carrying Starfire right along with it.
"No! Release me! Please, release me! I do not wish to get close to this new event!" Starfire shouted, hoping that some part of the insect's brain would understand and feel mercy. It did not. As she continued to struggle with the bug that held her arms, Starfire was pulled closer and closer to the hole in the sky with each passing second.
Down on the ground, the other Titans and insects also noticed the vortex and watched as Starfire was pulled towards it.
"Starfire!" Robin shouted, before being punched in the face by Killer Moth while he wasn't looking.
Killer Moth laughed and shouted to his creatures, "Do not stop attacking! Destroy them!" The remaining bugs forgot about their desires to fly to the vortex and continued to press forth the attack.
Cyborg and Robin could not fly, and Beast Boy was still locked in a close quarters battle with his dragonfly. Raven was the only one who could fly up to where Starfire was and pull her back away from whatever that swirling, glowing vortex was in the sky. As she started to ascend, her dragonfly suddenly latched onto her ankle with its pincer. Raven kicked at the thing's head to make it let go, but it was being stubborn.
Robin dodged Killer Moth's attacks and lashed back with his own in fury. They had to end this so they could get to Starfire before she got to close to whatever that was up there.
But as the minutes went on with no end in the battle yet, Robin began to panic. That bug had pulled Starfire along with it. It had to have reached that thing by now and if it had, what had become of Starfire? Had she managed to get away? He'd not had time to look up. Now, battling Killer Moth far enough away from himself to allow a breather, he was about to look up to see if he could see her, when the blue light shining down from the sky faded out.
Robin looked up into the sky, horrified to see that the hole in the sky was gone, the vortex swirling around it also gone. The sky was normal again. He did not see any sign of Starfire. Had that bug carried her into that hole? Where did it lead to?
Robin's eyes widened as it dawned on him that the vortex in the sky had looked a lot like some kind of… portal! It could have lead to who knows where. And if that dragonfly had continued to carry Starfire to it…
Robin balled his hands into fists.
"Noooo!"
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Z World
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As Frieza back further away, until he was standing behind Babidi, he turned and moved towards the portal. Looking back at the battle one more time, he saw that nobody noticed he was at the hole. Cell and Pikkon were in the air, punching and kicking like mad, while the rest of the bunch were on the ground, attacking the ogres and receiving smacks in the head from their clubs in the process.
Frieza lifted himself off the ground and flew backwards through the portal, raising the index finger on his right hand as he did so. A beam of pink energy shot forward from his finger, penetrating the weak side of Babidi's shield and hitting the little wizard in the back of his head.
Babidi fell forward, out cold. A moment later, the portal closed, but only after Frieza had flown all the way into it.
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Flying out of the other end of the portal into the moral world, Frieza looked back to see the dark hole close, sealing the pathway to the afterlife once again. Frieza looked around. He recognized this as being the planet earth. And that meant that Goku and his friends were here. He did not know what to do about that. As much as he hated to admit it, those damn Saiyans were far to strong for him now. He would never survive a fight with them.
Of course, looking up to the halo above his head, it wasn't as though he had to survive. Even though he had passed into the world of the living, he was still technically dead.
Frieza noticed that there was a strange blue light shining all around. He looked to a large yellow dome to his right, where he could see a swirling light flickering against its side. Looking up, Frieza saw a spectacular sight. Another portal, this one shining blue, and going straight up, rather than forward like a door into another room, like the one he had just come through.
So Babidi had destabilized something after all. He had opened another portal. But this one seemed more special than merely a portal from the realm of afterlife to that of life. Where did this portal go? Another planet? Or perhaps…
Frieza's eyes widened at the thought. Another universe? Another reality of existence? One where, perhaps, there would be no Saiyans?
Smirking, Frieza knew that this was a stroke of luck. His new goal firmly in his mind, Frieza began to fly straight for the portal in the sky. He noticed that it did not seem to be closing like the last portal had. This one seemed to be stable with or without Babidi's spell holding it open.
Frieza reached the swirling mass of sky and, after a moment's hesitation, flew into the dark hole in the center of it.
All around him, a sea of blue energy! Plasma, radiation, bubbles of energy, the fabric of time, all swirling around him, vibrating to some strange beat. Incapable of being described accurately.
Frieza looked forward. He could see another opening before him, growing larger as he neared it. That was his destination, the exit of one dimension and the entrance to another.
As he got closer, Frieza could hear with his cup-shaped ears a high pitched squealing sound. As he continued to approach the hole at the other end, he could see something in his path, coming from the other direction. The sound turned from a squealing to a shrieking, the sound of a female voice in distress.
Frieza moved to the side as a large insectoid life form twelve feet long flew past him, carrying a young female figure with red hair, in a purple outfit.
Frieza wrapped his white, serpentine tail around his three-toed feet and shuddered as he wondered what could have been happening in the world this portal led to.
Turning away from this bizarre sight and back to the end of the portal, Frieza flew as fast as he could towards it. As he finally reached the end, he flung himself into open air again. Looking around, he could see he was in a world similar to the one he just left, but different.
The time was different for one thing; this world's sun had just begun to come up, while the earth in the universe he had just left seemed to have been up for a few hours.
Looking up as the slight crackling sound ceased, Frieza watched as the hole in the sky shrank from view and disappeared. The swirling vortex of sky slowed and corrected itself, the blue glow dying off.
Apparently, passing through the portal had destabilized it into closing on itself. He was cut off, but so what? He was in a new world now. A chance to start over. A new universe to conquer and call his own.
Suddenly realizing something, Frieza looked up again, fully noticing now what he had not even acknowledged before; his halo was gone! Thinking about it, Frieza realized that whatever portal he had flown through must have reset his life-force in some way. He was alive again!
"Yes!" Frieza shouted, his arms spreading wide as he bellowed to the sky of this new world. He was in a brand new universe to claim as his own. No more troublesome Saiyans bringing him down. This time, his rule would be absolute. The possibilities were endless!
Frieza pumped his fists into the sky with evil joy. "Yeeeessss!" he shouted again, practically dancing in the air, as he began to wonder where he should start his new conquest.
Okay, that's it for this chapter. This one and maybe some of the next one might be more DragonBall Z oriented than Teen Titans. These beginning chapters and the interludes are all going to have more of a DBZ feel to them because of their setting, but the other three quarters of this story will deal almost entirely in the Titans World.
In the next chapter, Starfire will meet Trunks, Goten and Marron for the first time, and the Teen Titans will put aside their grief for the moment as they face down Frieza, not knowing that they haven't a hope in the world for victory, and not knowing that Slade is watching the whole thing. See you guys next chapter.