Junior sighed as Raven walked him through her meditation Mantra, sitting in a silent grove in the park she had taken him to, "you must remember, the three words must have meaning to you, and only you, it foesnt matter how disassociated the words are."
As she was talking, Junior felt an odd friction in his core, he felt hot, he needed to go into the water, his temper was getting the best of him, he quickly stood up as his soaked clothes began to steam, "Raven...i need to be in water..." raven looked at him questioningly and then aftet seeing what his clothes were doing, directed him to the center pond where he rushed, nestling down inside the cool water as it gradually heated up and began to boil, killing all the fish in the pond, "not enough water..."
He got out and sprinted towards the beach just a few feet away, upon reaching it he realized all his clothes had caught fire and were burning off him, he settles in the surf, where the currents could carry wave after wave to and from him, making sure nothing was getting too hot, he breathed a sigh of relief as Raven walked out to see what he was doing, she took off her boots and cape and waded into the current, sitting next to him, "so this is why you "calm down" in the ocean...you get too hot."
Junior looked up at her with a look of disbelief at her nearly uncharacteristic warm smile , "why do you care so much about me? I killed all those fish in your favorite place...its probably going to kill all the plants too..."
Raven sighs, "well, I get what its like having a hard time being human...i really do, my father, the demon trigon sent me here to wreak havok and destruction to prepare for his inevitable return...but he didnt count on me growing a concience."
From his prostrated poaition in the surf he raised a fist, "where's your dad? I'll kill him!"
Raven laughed, a sound that Junior didnt think she expected, its not like it was long winded, it was a single bout of HEHA-" that was quickly silenced by raven herself, who blushed as she realized that the purie naivete of that statement had caused her to temporarily lose control of her emotions.
"Thats sweet Junior, but we already beat him once." She followed up with, quickly staunching any possible embarrassment she could have caused herself, "tell you what, Junior, I'm gonna finish meditating and then why dont we go get the gang some pizza? Im sure they're done interrogating your uncle and aunt."
Junior nodded as another wave washed over him, "good idea" he said once the wave was gone.
With that, Raven began to meditate in the surf next to her new friend.
meanwhile on the astral plane
"DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT!" Brother Blood's spirit was irked at the thought that his most recent bungle had been captured and was being interrogated, "one more...i need ONE MORE!" He scanned through his tome, "I need...the MOST powerful of them all...I need something more powerful...in a more powerful body...MY body should suffice..."
As he said this, he began to create a flesh construct as he had before, a body to house his soul and the soul of the three headed dragon, "this will kill him for sure!'
back at titans tower
Robin and the other teen titans were directing the construction crew on how best to rebuild their tower, with a thoroughly interrogated Xenilla and Biolante being sat on by the justice leaguers
It was not long before Junior and Raven returned bearing several boxes of pizza, Junior now wesring some new clothes, everyone including superman/batman/wonder woman accepted the pizza gladly, Junior looking at the two defeated Human/kajiu as Wonder Woman addressed him, "after consulting with Zatanna, it would seem that their host bodies are merely shells that can be destroyed without harming them, if you wish to send them home, all you need to do is kill them."
Junior huffs at them both, "no, I'm going to spend a little more time here, its the first time I've had so many people that gave a shit wether I live or die, and I want them to see exactly why I feel that way."
Xenilla looked up at Junior, "that's not something your father would have done."
Junior kicked Xenilla, "shut up, uncle, unbind them."
Xenilla growled, "and what makes you think that we wont just attack you?"
Junior smirked as Wonder Woman undid their bonds, "you would have already if you'd wanted to."
Xenilla growled as Biollante looked up ashamedly, "im BALD!"
Junior hugged his aunt as she stood, "it'll grow back."
She mock punched his chest. "And when it does, im gonna get you back!"
Junior stuck around for the rebuilding of titans tower, helping where he could, Xenilla and Biollante deciding that it would be best to help family, since Junior had already proven that he was a different person from his father, and perhaps a better one.
Titans tower was rebuilt and Junior was given a spot on the team as well as a room on the top floor. Soon after the christoning of his new room, the alarm sounded.
"Titans! Together!"
Everyone rushed to the living room, Starfire, raven, Cyborg, beast boy and Junior, all waiting for the news that Nightwing was to give them.
"Alright titans, we've not heard from the Hive, or slade for a while now, but recently we got this from an outside source."
Nightwing turns on the big screen and reveals a figure standing in the center of town, his face did not look familiar, but he could discern an elongated gray head with red eyes, a basic humanoid form, beast boy gulped, Nightwing noticed, "what is it, beastboy?"
He points at the screen, "that's monster X...from Final wars!" He leapt into cyborg's arms. "We are SCREWED if that thing gets to us...he nealry killed godzilla in his final form!"
"Final...form?" Junior blinked, Beast Boy jumped up and down, "Monster X is actually King Ghidora in disguise." Junior looks at the others who shrug, "i dunno man he's the nerd." Says cyborg.
Junior looks down at beastboy, "tell me all you know about Monster X, if this is really his most powerful monster. Then this means we've reached the final conflict...we can end this."
