DISCLAIMER: Do not own Teen Titans or Kamen Rider Gaim.
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The Titans stood by as the changeling and the geomancer hugged and let their tears flow from their eyes. They thought that at the very least, Beast Boy and Terra deserved this moment; this moment where they can just sit there and let it all out, especially after all that Terra has gone through..
That said, it wasn't too long before Robin decided to take priority of the situation.
"Terra, we need to talk."
She looked up on this, recognising the stoic look on his face and the calm, albeit serious, tone in his voice. She gazed at Beast Boy once more, nodding her head which silently told him to back off for a second. He responded, although he was worried about what his leader was going to say.
"Firstly Terra, I think that I speak for all of us here when I say, we missed you".
Terra's eyes widened at this; she wasn't expecting a Teen Titan, let alone the Dark Knight's protégé, to say this to her. Of course, he wasn't finished.
"Secondly, we have been talking about this and, well, we thought that we'd ask you to re-join the team".
Now THIS is what really surprised Terra; not only was she brought back to life, not only is she being forgiven by the people she betrayed, but she is instantly being offered a chance to re-join those very people. After taking this in, she finally decided to speak for the first time since her revival.
"… Why?"
Robin wasn't shocked by her response, but answered nonetheless.
"Because, in spite of everything that you've done, you have proven that you are more than worthy of being not just a Teen Titan, but also a friend; maybe even family".
Terra failed to hide her shock as she saw a small smirk on Robin's face. On that bombshell, more tears started to flood her vision as he held out a Titan Communicator. With a small smile on her face and tears strolling down her cheeks, she took the small device into her hands. Another thing she didn't expect? A hand on her shoulder and a smile… from Raven.
"Welcome home, Terra."
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Once Cyborg gave the A-Okay on Terra's health, and proving that she still had her powers, it didn't take long for her to settle back in to the familiar surroundings of the tower. First, she happily scoffed down all of Starfire's Glorg as if it was the last food on the planet; then she beat Cyborg on Guitar Hero 19 (A.N: Just go with it), fourteens times; THEN she had a long meaningful talk with both Raven, who has accepted her back without any hesitation; THEN she nearly died of laughter upon hearing almost every joke that Beast Boy had in his book; and finally, she was brought up to speed about what was happening lately by Robin.
When she heard about the Inves and the new gear that the Titans got, she didn't know how to react to the whole thing. All she could recognise was this; the Inves were not something to be made fun of. But what Robin said next was what baffled her.
"Terra, part of the reason why we brought you back is because we think that you could really be helpful in the fight. As such, we've decide to give you this".
He handed over the BRAVO briefcase to her along with the durian Lockseed that Beast Boy picked up earlier that day. Initially, she was confused about the briefcase and the produce themed padlock, but Robin quickly explained.
"The lock combination links with the name on the case".
With this in kind, Terra matched up the numbers on the lock with the letters on the case. In the end, she got the sequence of: 2, 18, 1, 22 and 15. Afterwards, her case opened, revealing a Sengoku Driver.
"This is the thing that helps us face the Inves and Beast Boy thought that it would be best if you had one. So, what do you say?"
"… What makes you think that I deserve this?"
Ultimately, Robin was expecting this answer from Terra, but he didn't think that she would be as blunt. After about 10 seconds, he spoke.
"I'm not saying whether or not you deserve it. For once, it's time for you to make your own decision. You can leave that Driver here and run away from this city, or you can stay and prove to this city, and to us, that you deserve to defend the people who inhabit it".
All the geomancer could do was sit in silence and look at the floor. All things said and done, she DID want to prove to the team that she wants to make up for her mistakes, however she didn't think that she would have to go THIS far to do so.
Robin saw that she was starting to get uncomfortable, so he just decided to let her be and make her decision in her own time. Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on where you're sitting, the alarm went off, signifying Inves attack.
"We'll be back soon; we got work to do".
He run out and met with the rest of the team before they all started running toward the streets of the city, where the attack was commencing. Terra decided to take this opportunity and watch what was happening on the main screen in the main room.
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Upon arrival, and after transforming, the Titans noticed that there were only three Inves. However, the damage they were causing was no less chaotic. Robin didn't hesitate to grab their attention.
"Hey! Why don't you pick on something your own size?!"
With that, the monsters turn around and faced him. Now getting a better look, the Titans recognised the monsters with looking like a blue turtle wielding a polearm, a gold bear wielding an axe and a purple dragon wielding a gun. As the monsters saw the Titans in Rider form, they roared and charged towards them. Beast Boy had only one thing to say.
"Just had to say it, didn't you?!"
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Back at the tower, Terra was watching the fight unfurl between the Titans and the monsters. Her amazement at the sight of the Titans with their new powers was quickly dwindled by seeing the monsters gain the upper hand on the fight, despite being outnumbered by two. The Titans were able to get a few hits on the Inves, but they barely left a scratch.
As soon as she saw two of the Inves gang-up on Ryugen, that's where she drew the line. She simply wouldn't stand by and watch her friends, nay her BEST friend, be beaten by a bunch of Pokémon rejects! She turned off the screen and started to run towards the door, but stopped and turned back to the couch, wherein her Sengoku Driver and durian Lockseed was resting. Clenching her fist, she picked up her Driver and padlock and ran to the rooftop before hopping onto a boulder and heading towards the city.
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Gaim was the only one still standing against the Inves, the others being defeated and losing their forms. However, Gaim was barely able to stand up anymore and the Turtle Inves knocked him away, disabling his transformation. Looking around him, he saw that the other Titans had a few bruises and a few cuts, showing their battle damage. However, he also noticed something yellow heading towards them. A small smirk adorned his face.
It seemed that the Inves noticed it too, because they looked up and saw the yellow object coming. When it arrived, it was revealed to be a blonde girl standing atop a boulder with a Sengoku Diver on her waist and an amber glow surrounding her hands and the boulder. From here, she jumped off of the boulder and started walking towards the monsters, Lockseed in hand.
"Hey, assholes! No-one hurts my friends and gets away with it!"
She raised the Lockseed and pressed the button, calling out a transformation phrase.
"Henshin!"
"DURIAN!"
The portal "unzipped" above her head, the armour slowly descending, and she placed the padlock on the belt, closing the latch.
"LOCK ON!"
Seemingly from nowhere, a high pitched guitar riff starting play, before becoming a full on guitar solo. Terra stared down her opponents before smirking and bringing down the knife.
*slice* *guitar riff*
The armour dropped on her shoulder and the latex suit energised around her. It was the same base armour as Baron and Gridon, but the ultimate difference was the colour and aesthetic. A majority of the latex suit, bar the torso chainmail, was coloured a very light green whereas the armour portions on her hips, shins and forearms were not just fuchsia in colour, but also covered in spikes, making a generally fierce design aesthetic.
From there the forest green and silver armour unfolded around her upper torso where her design truly went insane! Her shoulder pads covered her entire shoulders and were completely covered in spikes, each one having one massive spike jut out at an angle. Not just that, but her torso armour was also covered in spikes and was forest green, sliver and even GOLD in colour! To top it all off, her head was designed to resemble that of a Roman Gladiator from the arenas, only covered in spikes with a red Mohawk and two giant spikes pointing out the sides of her head where her ears would be! Completing the look of the design was the yellow eye pieces and a scar across the left eye piece.
The resulting phrase summed up the design in a nutshell.
"DURIAN ARMS! MADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM DANGEROOOOOOUUUUUUUS!"
In her hands, she held two serrated blades, fully completing the look of a Roman Gladiator.
"Alright you punks; who's first?"
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Hey guys, sorry that it's been a while! I was just so busy with college, homework and soon I've gotta make my own website as part of an assignment that has to be due in by December 18th! I'm lucky that I'm on half-term break right now! Not to mention, I'm gonna get Halo 5 (or already have it) so that'll take up even more of my time, then there'll be even more college work, especially since me and my class are building a workshop to take to other schools, then we'll be performing a devising piece at the Donmar Theatre… I'm not going to be idle with college this year. THIS year, I have to really boil down and get to work (not to mention, get a job by the time I'm done with college).
So again, sorry that it took so long and if this chapter is too short, but at least I have my reasons.
ALSO, I wanna go to MCM London next year.
That said, PLEASE review this if you want to and let me know what you guys think of this chapter. Just be constructive.
By the way, do the Inves in this chapter sound particularly familiar to anyone? Just call it a hunch.
Later Tater!
