Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE TEEN TITANS!
Note: There will be references to characters from 'Bleach' in this chapter.
And now... enjoy!
From Darkness Comes Light
By: Patattack
Trouble in Tokyo – Part 1
It was another beautiful day in the bustling metropolis of Jump City. Throngs of pedestrians were walking on the sidewalks, the people were busy at work inside, and the streets were experiencing the usual days to day load of cars trucks and other vehicles moving about. Not too far away from the city's mainland, at the island housing Titans' Tower, Gale, the winged titan, was sitting by himself on the rooftop. He was sitting cross legged, hands on his knees, eyes closed in concentration and chanting 'Aer, Ventus, Caelum.'
As he was doing this, Raven just so happened to walk through the doorway leading onto the rooftop. She watched her friend for a moment, feeling how the air was swirling around him. "Hey, Raven," he called out to her, breaking off his concentration and turning around to look at her.
"Hey," she replied. "Didn't mean to interrupt your meditation."
"Don't worry about that," he said dismissively. "It's nice to have company. I was actually about to try this new trick I came up with not too long ago. Would you mind helping me out?"
"Of course, no problem. What do you need me to do?"
"Well, to start, you can just sit down here," he pointed in front of himself. The pale skinned girl obliged, sitting face to face with her friend in the same manner as he was. "Now, just try not to move too much." Raven watched with interest as Gale concentrated, feeling the air swirling about, gently brushing against her skin. She remained silent throughout the ordeal, which lasted less than a minute. "There, I'm done," Gale announced.
"Done with what?" she asked, curious as to exactly what had happened.
"Just a second…" Gale muttered, using his powers to pick up a simple hand mirror that was lying nearby, then holding it out for Raven to see herself. However, to her surprise, it was not her own face that was looking back at her. The mirror glass showed someone with shoulder length, emerald colored hair, green almond eyes, skin of darker shade, bright red lips, and no chakra stone on their forehead.
"What the-!" she exclaimed in surprise, not at all expecting to see something of the sort. She brought her free hand to her face, touching all the spots that had changed. Upon looking down, she could see herself wearing a white t-shirt and blue shorts. "I still feel normal, but… I look all different. Did you cast an illusion over me?"
"Exactly right," he said. "The way it works is that I move air about so that it settles in a way that reflects light however I want it to. I haven't tried making illusions out of thin air just like that yet, mostly because it's easier to have it attached to someone or something."
"Wow, that's cool," Raven said, sounding rather impressed.
"Heh, thanks," he replied, a sheepish smile on his face.
"Oh, you two look so cute together," an unknown voice spoke up. The two teenagers looked in the direction it had come from, and saw a boyish looking figure floating over the edge of the rooftop, no taller than an eleven year old, who was blurry and transparent, except for a face with a visibly mischievous expression.
"Ahem, who are you supposed to be?" Raven asked, herself and Gale blushing a little. "And for that matter, what are you supposed to be?"
"Oh, how rude of me not to introduce myself. My name is-"
"Iocus," Gale finished the sentence. "You're a wind spirit."
The figure clapped its hands in delight. "Marvelous! Well done, my lord!"
"You're a wind spirit and you have a name that means joke?" Raven said. "Gale… how did you know this before he even said so?"
"I… I'm not sure," he answered. "The fact that he's a wind spirit, I could feel it, and I've actually seen a few before, but his name… it's like… it just popped into my head somehow."
"Strange…" Raven muttered, curious and interested by this. "So, Iocus… what are you doing here then?"
"I was simply drifting through the area, when I thought of how good it would be to see my lord… and his lady friend," he added suggestively.
"Why do you and all the other spirits I've met call me 'my lord'?" Gale asked, ignoring the second part.
"Because it would be improper of us to address you otherwise. After all, you are your father's son."
"You knew my father?"
"Yes, of course. I… ooops!" The wind spirit's face betrayed that he had been about to say something he hadn't meant to.
"You what?"
"I… I'm sorry, my lord, but I cannot tell you," Iocus said. "I am forbidden from revealing to you that which you want to know."
"Why-?" Gale began, but was interrupted when the alarm went off. "Let's go then," he said to Raven.
The female titan cleared her throat as they stood up. "If you'd be so kind," she said, indicating her still changed appearance.
"Oh, right." Gale then snapped his fingers, at which the illusion around his friend faded away and they flew off to join their teammates.
"Fear not, you will see him when the time comes," the wind spirit whispered as he watched them go, then drifted away.
At one of the busier streets of Jump City, a man wearing a half blue and half pink body suit with a utility belt and strange helmet was wreaking havoc. Reaching into his belt, he pulled out a handful of objects resembling shuriken with four spikes, then tossed them amidst the cars moving about, the weapons exploding upon contact. A public bus came to a stop before this villain, the people rushing out as he held another exploding shuriken in one hand, ready to throw.
However, before he could do this, a birdarang came out of nowhere and knocked it out of his hand. Right after, a green eagle came dive bombing after him, which he ducked, then jumped over a beam of wind and sonic cannon blast, then back flipped, avoiding blasts of green and black energy, landing on a lamppost with the grace of a feline. He then looked in the direction the attacks had come from, in which he could see all six of the Teen Titans standing atop a parked bus.
"Since you're new in town, we're going to make it very simple," Robin spoke up as he caught his birdarang.
"Stop now," Starfire said firmly.
"Yeah man. The locals don't like it when you blow up their stuff," Cyborg added.
"Put your hands in the air and-" Robin was interrupted when the strange villain hopped off his perch, blue and pink energy shooting from the pack on his back, allowing him to fly away.
"Hands in the air, dude! Not your whole body!" Beast Boy shouted.
"Tourists," Raven scoffed.
"Titans, go!" Robin called out, giving his famed battle cry. Starfire, Raven and Gale all took to the air, while Beast Boy, Robin and Cyborg jumped off, the first changing into a cheetah, the second hoping onto the R-Cycle, and the third taking the T-Car.
"Anybody got a clue what this genius if after?" Raven asked as they chased after their target.
"Who cares what he wants, what he's getting is a helping of grade A butt whoop!" Cyborg exclaimed.
"Alright team, let's see what he's made of." Robin then pressed a button, at which a pair of small rockets extended from each side of the R-Cycle. They shot out towards the pink and blue villain, who flew back, allowing them to pass him, then threw a pair of shurikens, causing both rockets to explode. Gale formed a wall of air in front of himself as they passed by their enemy, kicking off to go in the opposite direction at the same time as Beast Boy stopped in his tracks and turned around to keep up the chase.
The two green boys followed him down an alleyway, where he promptly did a 180 and threw a handful of shurikens at them. Beast Boy changed into a turtle, retreating into his shell, while Gale halted in mid-air, crossing his arms in front of him and pulling together a transparent shield. And though both Titans remained unharmed due to their quick thinking, their target still had enough time to fly past them.
A flurry of starbolts and black energy shots greeted the odd villain as he flew out the alley, though he dodged them all, flying higher. As Raven and Starfire flew after him, he pulled out a set of nun chucks, deflecting those of their attacks which came too close, then allowed himself to free fall, his pack firing up again after that. Before Cyborg and Robin had time to do anything, they were forced to use their driving skills to swerve around another series of explosive pellets sent their way. And when Beast Boy, in the form of an eagle, dove after him, he dodged below, throwing a nun chuck which exploded right in front of him, making him fall, though he caught himself on the black energy disk which Raven was now standing on to fly.
"Okay, am I the only one who's sick of these explody things?" Beast Boy asked as he pulled himself up so that he was sitting on his teammate's flying energy disk.
"Does this look like a taxi to you?" Raven shot back.
"No, it's way to flat and circly," he answered. In response to this, Raven waved her hands, causing a hole to appear in the black construct, which Beast Boy fell through, turning into a pterodactyl to avoid hitting the pavement.
Cyborg then zoomed by, making a beeline for the flying scoundrel, who turned around, while still moving away from them, and pulled out a shuriken from his belt. "I know you're not throwing that in my car," he said, sticking an arm out the window and changing it into his sonic cannon. He then shot a blast of blue energy which blew off the projectile weapon, as well as the hand it was in and the entire arm. However, the arm soon grew back, changing a few colors before returning to normal. "How did he do that?" the cybernetic teen asked, surprised. The villain sudden threw another shuriken, which pierced the windshield and stuck into the seat next to Cyborg, beeping dangerously. "Aww man." Quickly, he pulled off his seatbelt, opened the door and grabbed Beast Boy's Pterodactyl feet hovering beside him, escaping from his car that blew up a moment later.
"Excuse me, but…" Starfire said, gently tapping their enemy on the shoulder while flying above him. "I did not wish to do this while you were not looking." The tamaranian tried to punch him, but he simply moved out of the way, and grabbed her arm, swinging her down and dropping a pair of shurikens which blew up and made her fall further. And just in time, Robin came passing by, grabbing her by the hand and lifting her on the back of the R-Cycle.
"You okay?" he asked.
"I am now," she answered.
"Then hang on." The Boy Wonder then revved up the engine, engaging a pair of thrusters which propelled them into the air and above the guard of the overpass, landing safely on the street below. Their villain straight in front of them, Robin clicked a button on his bike, which shot out a flurry of small energy pellets, one of which just clipped him, making him grab onto the corner of a building and go down a side alley.
"But he went…" Starfire began as they zoomed right past him.
"Down a dead end," Robin said. They drove a little further, and then their target burst through a building, prompting the Boy Wonder to shoot at him again. Agile as always, he nimbly avoided getting hit, and flew past a railroad, a train passing by right after. Just as Robin was forced to come to a stop, a transparent ramp of air came into existence before them, at which he revved his bike and went up the ramp and onto the train's top. "Starfire, fly!" Robin cried out as they were arriving to a curve in the track, prompting the alien girl to hold her friend tight and fly up, the bike dropping off onto the ground below. The pair was soon joined by Gale, Raven and Cyborg being carried by a pterodactyl Beast Boy.
"Think we scared him off?" Raven asked.
"No," Robin answered. "He's headed straight for-"
"Titans Tower!" Cyborg exclaimed. The strange villain flew around the Titans' home, throwing his explosive shurikens at random, blowing holes everywhere. "You're gonna lose a lot more than an arm this time!" Cyborg let go with one hand as Beast Boy flew up towards their enemy, taking a few unsuccessful shots at him. Unfortunately for them, they were met with a pair of exploding shurikens which knocked them down, but fortunately, Starfire caught them both before they fell too far.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven chanted, pulling up a pair of large boulders and sandwiching the villain between them. However, just as she pulled them apart, he flew up and kicked her energy disk hard, throwing her back into the tower through one of the holes he'd made.
Gale came straight for the villain, spinning fast enough to conjure a whirlwind which slammed him into the tower's wall, creating a small crater where he hit. The vandal pulled himself off and the two adversaries flew at each other, fighting hand to hand in mid-air for a moment, until Gale caught a punch right in the nose, hard enough to break it. In retaliation, he kicked his adversary in the chest, pushing him back a little. Robin dove down from the rooftop at this time, ripping off the villain's backpack in passing, making him fall along with him.
The Titans' enemy pulled out a pair of shurikens as he fell, but Robin grabbed at his arms, then punched him in the face and kicked him away. He then shot out his grapple, which secured itself around one of the beams in the towers, and flung another towards their falling foe, effectively binding him and preventing him from going splat on the ground. "Our house…" Cyborg moaned as he saw the state it was in once they'd all landed. "Look what he did to our house."
"Dude, I need a vacation," Beast Boy pitched in.
"Who are you, and wadda you want?" Robin demanded. The tied up villain replied with a bunch of words clearly not from the English language that left them confused.
"Ummm… either that wasn't English, or I've got a concussion," Beast Boy said.
"Das Jabanese," Gale spoke up, his language skills currently impeded due to his broken nose.
"Your nose is broken," Raven noted. "Here, let me fix this for you. Now, this will probably hurt a little." A small bit of black telekinetic energy enveloped both Raven's hand and Gale's nose, which was set right in one quick movement, after which the young sorceress did a check to be certain that it was all good.
"… ow," Gale muttered.
"You say this guy spoke Japanese?" Robin asked, picking up the villain's dropped shuriken, which, oddly enough, had changed into a simple soft pink ball.
"Yeah, that's right. I'm not entirely fluent, but I can recognize it easily."
"I see… well, let's take him inside for now and we'll deal with this later."
The six Titans were now standing in the main room, or rather, what was formally known as such. The windows had been shattered, barely a few shards hanging on, the couch had been obliterated, the roof was cracked, the walls had holes, and the floor was a mess, littered with broken stuff. "What a mess," Raven stated.
"No kidding," Gale muttered.
"I really need a vacation," Beast Boy said.
"I can rebuild my car, I can repair my tower, but my sofa? I can't even look," Cyborg cried because of the very mangled and broken sofa.
"Here, here, Cyborg," Starfire reassured him. A pair of brooms was put in front of them by Raven, the both of them getting the message and grabbing them to start cleaning up.
"Yo, B," Gale said, conjuring a broom and dust pan out of air, floating in front of his teammate. "Place needs cleaning in case you didn't notice," he pointed out, himself using his powers with Raven's to fix the ceiling and walls.
The changeling grabbed the tools shoved in his face and got to work like the others. "Dude, seriously! When was the last time we took a vacation?"
"Never," Robin answered, working at one of the computer terminals. "We're heroes, Beast Boy. We don't take vacations." He then put the panel back in place, tightened the screws and had it running again. "Basic systems are back online. If anybody needs me, you know where to look."
And with that said, Robin walked out of the main room's ruins, down the hallway and into another room. Through the one way mirror, he could see the villain they had just caught, sitting with his wrists firmly held in clasps against the table. He listened to the villain talking, though he couldn't understand a word, letting him go on as the computers worked it out. A moment later, he pressed a button, a computerized voice stating 'Translation computer, on.'
"You must let me go, I am Saico-Tek!" the villain could now be understood saying, as Robin walked into the room where he was stuck. "You are not supposed to stop me, only he may stop me. I belong in Tokyo!"
"Then why are you here?" Robin angrily demanded, slamming his hands on the table and staring Saico-Tek in the face. "You attacked my home, endangered my friends, and if you want to see tomorrow, you're going to tell me why!"
"I was sent… my mission… he made me do it, this tower, no choice!"
"Who sent you?"
"No! No! I am not supposed to speak, you are not supposed to catch me! He is worse than any criminal, angry, cruel… he will erase me!" Saico-Tek said frantically, standing up and struggling against his restraints.
"Who sent you to attack our Tower!" Robin demanded again, grabbing his shoulder tightly.
"Brushogun…" The fearful villain suddenly shrugged off Robin's grip and flipped up at an impossible angle, kicking the ceiling's sprinkler, dousing the whole room. When the Boy Wonder looked at him again, there was nothing there, only a puddle of water.
Later on, after he'd dried off, Robin was standing in the main room, looking outside through one of the holes Saico-Tek had made, while holding the strange pink ball in one hand. "This doesn't make any sense," he said, once he'd finished relating to his team what had happened. "People don't just… disappear."
"I don't know what to tell you, man," Cyborg spoke up. "The crime scanner's one of the only things working in this place, and it can't find him anywhere."
"I can't make psychic contact either," Raven informed them.
"I've sensed last bit of air in the tower, and there's nothing outside this room except Silkie," Gale added.
"Perhaps this Saico-Tek possesses the power of teleportation," Starfire suggested.
"If he could do that, he'd have disappeared the moment he was caught."
"Oh, oh! Maybe he just wasn't waterproof," Beast Boy said, earning a glare from Raven and Cyborg. "I know, not helping."
"So if the dude just vanished into thin air, how're we supposed to find him?" Cyborg asked.
"By tracking down his boss," Robin said. "This Brushogun ordered an attack on our headquarters. He nearly destroyed our home! He will be brought to justice." The team leader then turned to face his friends. "Pack your things, we're heading for Tokyo."
"Sweet!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "We're going on vacation!"
After gathering up all the things they wanted to bring on this trip, the Titans were standing at the foot of the tower with their luggage, the T-Ship parked just in front. At the moment, Cyborg was attempting to stuff Beast Boy's things in the T-Ship's trunk, and having difficulty due to the sheer amount. "What the hell are you bringing, B?" he asked, incredulously.
"Just the necessary," he answered. "What? It's not that much."
"I think your definition of necessary is clearly different from the rest of us," Raven said.
"So, how do you know Japanese?" Robin asked his winged friend.
"I don't know it perfectly," Gale specified. "But I have an aunt who lives in Karakura Town, a western Tokyo city, with her husband and three kids. My mom used to take me to visit for at least a week once a year during Christmastime."
"You have an aunt?" Starfire piped up, curious. "Please, do tell us about her."
"Actually, I have two aunts. First, there's my mom's older sister, Masaki Kurosaki. She's always sweet, soft and happy. Then there's my mom's twin sister, Shelliane Rhodes. She always liked to travel around a lot, and she's nice too, just with a lot more spunk. Haven't seen either of them since I left home."
"How come your aunt Masaki lives in Japan?" Robin inquired. "And why does she have a different last name?" Robin inquired.
"My grandfather was an American living in Japan for whatever reason. As far as I know, he met my grandmother, they stayed together for a while, then Masaki was born. She went away soon after, and he never saw her again, although she left my mother and Shelliane with him, because apparently she couldn't take care of them herself. My grandfather died when my mom was in her twenties, she and Shelliane came to Jump City and Masaki chose to stay in Japan. As for your first question, Masaki changed her name when she got married. Anything else you wanna know?"
"No, that's cool."
"Alright, that does it!" Cyborg exclaimed as some of Beast Boy's luggage burst out of the trunk. "There's no way we can fit all this junk into the T-Ship and have room for our stuff too!" In the end, they did manage to bring everything along. Raven, Gale and Robin only had one backpack, while Starfire brought a smaller portable suitcase and a shoulder bag and Cyborg had a single big suitcase with some replacement parts and a few other things. Cyborg and Starfire fit their suitcases in the trunk, on top of Beast Boy's stuff, with the changeling's remaining luggage being tied to the T-Ship's hull. Then they all piled into their respective seats and took off for Tokyo, and their mysterious foe, Brushogun.
The trip happened in relative silence, that is, for the beginning. Robin was focused on piloting the T-Ship, Starfire had her face pressed against the glass hatch of her pod, looking out at the scenery with fascination, Raven was quietly reading from a book, Gale and Cyborg each had a small booklet, studying how to speak Japanese, and Beast Boy was drinking from a jumbo sized cup of slush. Things remained mostly quiet, until an hour or so after they'd passed the Hawaii islands.
Robin, Cyborg, and to a certain extent, Starfire, began to argue about what direction they were supposed to go in order to get to Tokyo. For their part, Gale and Raven remained completely out of the argument. As for Beast Boy, the changeling was contorting and twisting in discomfort, suffering from a need to use the bathroom. They ended up stopping at a small, barely populated set of islands owned by the US, where they took a break for a bit, and Beast Boy was finally allowed to relieve himself. After taking some time to figure out a few things, they piled into the T-Ship and were off once again.
As they were continuing to fly along, due to boredom, Beast Boy pulled out a small digital camera and started taking random shots. Then he turned towards his teammates, taking a picture of Cyborg eating, Starfire watching dolphins, Robin studying a map, Gale further practicing Japanese and Raven sleeping. Feeling brave and incredibly stupid, he opened his hatch and changed into an octopus, reaching out towards the pale skinned Titan with one tentacle while another held his camera. "You're going to regret this," Gale warned, though Beast Boy paid no attention to this, proceeding to take a shot of himself poking Raven in the nose.
The young sorceress snapped awake, bursting with anger and annoyance upon realizing what had happened. A few violent and vicious seconds later, Beast Boy was the proud owner of a black eye, swelling bump on his head, and an assortment of bruises. Following this, the changeling remained quiet for the rest of the trip, not even saying a word or doing a single stupid thing, to his friends' relief.
Finally, the Titans were standing on the outskirts of Tokyo, countless lights illuminating the giant city. "Tokyo, we made it," Cyborg announced proudly as they looked out at the city. "Told you it was a left at Hawaii," he said to Robin.
"The city lights are like a million tiny fanorbla flies," Starfire commented.
"It may look nice, but there's something rotten down there, and were going to-"
"Woooo yeah!" Beast Boy exclaimed, jumping out from his pod, now wearing a short sleeve pink and yellow shirt over his uniform. "Hello Japan! So… When do we get to see the great wall?" Gale, Robin and Cyborg smacked their foreheads at the changeling's stupidity.
"Never," Raven answered. "It's in China."
"Ohhhh, but you know what is in Tokyo? The world famous number one greatest most awesome Japanese comic book company, Wakamono Shupa! We've just gotta take the tour! Now, pleaseeee?"
"We are not here on vacation," Robin reminded him sternly. "We're heroes, not tourists. Our mission is to locate Brushogun and bring him to justice. And since we're guests in this country, we need to be on our best behavior. So let's do our job, and try to stay out of trouble."
"Come on, how much trouble could we possibly get in?" Beast Boy asked as they walked towards the city itself.
Unknown to them, a mysterious figure was sitting in a dark lair, with a half dozen screens, on one of which he was watching their arrival with particular interest. "So, the Teen Titans have come to Tokyo," he muttered to himself. "Saico-Tek must have talked. Most unfortunate, don't you agree my friend?" in response, a weak voice gave out a soft cry that echoed a little throughout the darkened building. "But you needn't worry, I will soon give these heroes a good reason to leave." The strange figure then pressed a couple of buttons of a panel, at which the sounds of rumbling machinery popped up, soon followed by a low throated growl.
The Titans were now standing on the sidewalk of one of many busy streets, surrounded by enough people, buildings and lights to make them simply stare, though Gale was somewhat used to it. "Toky whoa!" Beast Boy exclaimed.
"So… where to now?" Raven wondered.
"The roughest part of town is in the Shinjuku district," Robin said, reading from a guidebook. "We'll start our search there."
"Okay… so how do we get there?" Cyborg asked.
"I don't know," he admitted. "I can't read the signs."
"No problem," Beast Boy said. "We'll just ask for directions." He then walked over to a balding gray haired man reading a newspaper and tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention. "Umm, hi. How do we get to Shinjuku?" The man spoke back in Japanese, at which Beast Boy nodded then said thanks and came back to him friends.
"You didn't understand a word he said, did you?" Gale spoke up.
"… Not one," the changeling replied, causing Cyborg's face to tick in annoyance.
"If I may," Starfire stepped in. "Perhaps I would be of assistance in this." She then walked over to a nearby young Japanese boy, grabbed him by the shirt and kissed him, causing him to widen his eyes. Beast Boy and Cyborg stared in surprise, Raven and Gale merely raised an eyebrow, and Robin's face showed surprise obvious enough to spot a mile away, along with disbelief and horror. She then let go and spoke to him in flawless Japanese, asking for directions to Shinjuku, to which, in a daze, he said a few words in reply and pointed behind him. Thanking him for this, she rejoined her friends. "It is this way."
"Umm, Starfire? Why did you just… kiss that guy?" Robin asked.
"Oh, the people of my planet are able to learn any language instantaneously through lip contact," she answered.
"So you speak Japanese now?" Starfire nodded at Cyborg's question. "That's great."
"Yeah… great," Robin muttered underneath his breath.
"Chill out, lover boy," Gale said as they were walking, so only Robin would hear. "I'm sure she hasn't forgotten all about you."
"Shut up," he shot back. "I thought you knew Japanese well enough so you'd be able to point us in the right direction."
"Yeah, but Starfire moved before I got to it. And besides, seeing your face was priceless." The Boy Wonder grumbled unhappily. As they were walking along, they were suddenly faced with a slew of people running away scared in the opposite direction. Gale then grabbed a man by the sleeve of his jacket as he passed by. "Matte! Nani ga okite iru?" (Wait! What is happening?)
"Monsutā wa, denryoku-sen o kōgeki shite iru!"
He then let go of the man's sleeve, allowing him to continue running away. "What'd he say?" Raven asked.
"A monster's attacking the power lines." Just as he finished translating, they could feel the ground beneath them shake as a giant Godzilla monster with a light green hide and yellow underbelly appeared. It stood as tall as some of the buildings, walked on two fat hind legs, and had a large tail and two big hands with claws. It ploughed its way through a band of power lines that snapped before it like strings.
"Titans, Go!" Robin called out, running towards it and throwing a few disks that exploded on the side of its head. It put up its arms in front of its face as a flurry of starbolts and black energy pounded against its hide. It lowered its arms to step forward, only to have Cyborg, flying with Beast Boy, and Gale, fire a combined sonic cannon shot and beam of wind that blew a wide hole straight in the middle of its torso. However, a second later, the hole filled up, going from blue, to purple, to white, and then yellow, with not even a scratch to show for it.
"Same power as Saico-Tek," Cyborg remarked as they regrouped.
"Because it works for Brushogun too," Robin stated. The giant monster roared loudly, then fired a blast of green energy from its eyes, blowing a hole in the ground where the Titans were standing a second ago. The Boy Wonder dived out of the way as a giant foot came down at him, then flipped up and started to run, cartwheeling and doing flips to avoid the monster's eye blasts. However, having such a long stride, it didn't take it long to catch up with Robin, raising its tail and attempting to flatten him. The monster looked around, saw that the Titans' Leader had run between its legs and went to chase after him.
After failing to stomp on him, it stopped for a moment when a car wrapped in black energy collided with the side of its face. It then turned in the direction the car had come from, from where Raven was floating in mid-air and using her powers to throw a few more cars. "Where's a gas guzzler when you need one?" the teenage sorceress complained to herself.
The Godzilla monster brought its foot down at her, only to step on some parked cars. She ducked and weaved around its hands, but it still managed to grab her. Fortunately for her, Beast Boy, in the form of an eagle, flew towards their enemy, changing into a gorilla mid-flight and hitting the monster's head with a double handed blow, hard enough to cause it to let go of Raven. As he was dropping down, he grabbed a lamp post, swung around it and landed safely on the ground. As the monster turned its attention towards him, he started to grow, changing into a T-Rex, but in the midst of this, he failed to notice that he was standing beneath an overpass, until he slammed his head into it, shrinking back down to his usual form.
The monster reared its head back, and when it brought it back down again, it spat a load of green, slimy liquid at Beast Boy, who was knocked on his back. As the Godzilla creature bent down, as if to sniff the green boy, it was hit in the side of the face with a shot from Cyborg's sonic cannon. "I hear baseball's big in Japan," he said, standing on the sidewalk. "Well get ready for a grand slam!" He then grabbed a large pole standing next to him, which, unknowingly to him, had been one of two holding up a large sign. And with half its support removed, it came crashing down on him.
Seeing the creature move towards his friend, Gale made his trademark transparent sword appear in his hand. He flew straight towards the monster, making a few cuts in its hide. However, even though this distracted the beast, the gashes closed up in little time. Gale planted his feet on the monster and kicked off, giving himself a bit of space. His weapon pulsed with power for a split second, until he swung it downward in a wide arc. A massive blade of air extended from the winged boy's sword, hitting its target with such force that the monster was actually knocked over.
Though the Titans' foe was shaken, it propped itself half up with its hands and tail, then ripped off a VERY large and heavy sign with ease, hurling it at the winged boy. Mustering his will power, Gale let go of his sword and thickened the air around the incoming missile enough to make it halt. Following this, the creature shot out a concentrated blast of energy from its eyes, catching Gale full force, sending him through a window and into a building.
Starfire flew at the giant monster as it stood to its full height, delivering an uppercut, followed by a few more punches, her Tamaranian strength hitting hard. She then grabbed it by one of the fin like ears, dragging it a ways back so that it slammed into a building. This turned out not to have phased it all that much, since it simply pushed itself off and came after Starfire, who flew back. However, not seeing behind her, she was caught in a bunch of power lines, trapped as the monster's hand reached in and grabbed her. She screamed as it pulled her towards its face, but was able to escape when Robin threw a disk that stuck onto the creature's head, giving it a jolt of electricity. "Hey, over here! Your mother was a salamander!" he called out, then ran down an alleyway, with the monster in pursuit.
While it was stomping away, Gale flew out of the window he'd been sent through, looking a little worse for wear, but otherwise fine. He landed next to Raven and Beast Boy, as the shape shifter was coming to his senses, sitting up and taking account of the gooey green stain on his shirt. "Aww! How am I supposed to pick up hot Japanese girls with a big green stain on my shirt?" he complained.
"Your skin in green, you have fangs, and your ears are pointed," Raven said, getting in his face and raising a finger for each point she made. "You're really worried about the shirt?"
"Hey, chicks dig the ears!" he protested as the two flew down the alleyway Robin had gone into, leaping to his feet and abandoning his shirt as he ran after them.
"What's wrong with green skin and pointy ears?" Gale asked the young sorceress, the two flying side by side.
She looked to her teammate, a look of embarrassment popping onto her face. "Nothing's wrong. I just… shut up."
Ahead of them, Robin was running like his life depended on it, which it pretty much did, the monster keeping up easily enough, even though its wide bulk forced it to brush against the buildings on each side. Looking back, he saw his pursuer's eyes blowing green, at which he sped down a side alley, avoiding a pair of eyebeams. The monster followed him into the even narrower space, bringing a giant foot down towards him. Not wanting to get crushed, he ran as fast as he could and shot out his grapple, which hooked onto a passenger train going by, pulling him away in time to save himself. However, just as he got a grip on the side of the train car, he noticed a passenger pointing to something outside, which turned out to be a giant tail that swatted part of the train off the railings and onto the street below.
Robin managed to use his grapple to land on the pavement safely, but just as he did so, the giant monster ripped off the railing from above the Boy Wonder, ripping it apart and casting it aside. Just as he stood there, face to face with the behemoth, a bunch of lights blinded the monster at the same time as a band of police cruisers, vans and helicopters came onto the scene. Robin looked behind him to see a man dressed in a brown trench coat and who had the look of a detective, or inspector, coming out of one of the cruisers. "Troopers, charge!" he ordered.
At his command, a horde of men dressed in identical dark and light blue suits poured from the vans. They all had light blue helmets with purple visors, and carried red automatic blasters. Making a semi-perimeter around the green giant, the troopers opened fire, red laser peppering its hide. The other titans came onto the scene as another group of troopers were being lowered from the helicopters, two men holding an arm out to block their way. While the first group continued firing, each man in the second placed a red bar on the ground two gray cylinders on it. Two cables extended from both ends, each connecting to the one on either side, so that it formed a full circle around the beast.
The commander then walked forward and pulled out a sword from his side, except that it was a rounded tip, which he slammed onto a large button on one of the cable connectors. This triggered the apparatus to shoot a bar of white energy from each gray cylinder, extending upward and curving until it formed a tall domed cage. "We have got to get one of those," Cyborg said, as the red pieces all moved closer together, forcing the beast down to its knees.
"Ahh, you are the Teen Titans," the chief said in English, sheathing his sword like tool. "Welcome to Japan. I am Commander Uehara Daizo of the Tokyo Troopers," he added, bowing formally to them, to which they all bowed deeply in return, Raven and Cyborg having to force Beast Boy, as he was apparently ignorant of customs. A round of introductions followed their meeting, where the commander briefly explained a few things to them as they went to the headquarters of the Tokyo Troopers. Once they arrived there, given that it was rather late at night, Daizo insisted that they allow themselves to be shown to suitable rooms where they could get some sleep.
The following morning, they met with the commander. "Tokyo is a unique city, my young friends," he spoke as they went up a moving platform. "… with its own unique dangers. Of course, I am sorry you had to learn this the hard way."
"We're used to danger," Robin assured him. "But we appreciate your help, commander."
"Commander?" Daizo laughed a little at the title. "No, no, you may call me Daizo. After all, we are friends. I will honor you with a tour of our headquarters, and our home. You see, I founded the Tokyo Troopers to keep our city safe. We are not too different from you Titans, except that we are all grown-ups." The platform stopped ascending and went straight forward down the railings, going through a pair of security doors.
"My operation is a triumph of Japanese culture, technology, and design," he said as they went by the barracks, housing a bunch of identically suited troopers, then into a training area where more of them were busy. "The living units are efficient, but comfortable. Hourly training sessions keeps my troopers in peak form." They kept moving along, going down a corridor and through another pair of security doors, coming to a stop at the end of the track, which was situated in a room with a bunch of troopers operating different computers and such. "My crime center has reduced crime in Tokyo by nearly 100%. Not bad, huh?" He then bade them to step forward to get a better look at things, which they obliged.
Beast Boy walked over to a console, where he saw a large red button in the middle. "Huh, wonder what this does?" He went to reach for it, only to have Raven smack his hand away and stare him down.
"Don't touch anything," she said in a serious tone.
"With your permission, Daizo, I'd like to use some of this equipment to complete our mission," Robin politely requested.
"Certainly my young friend," he replied. "And if I may inquire, what is your mission?"
"We're tracking down a criminal who calls himself Brushogun." The commander laughed loudly at this, apparently amused by Robin's words.
"Forgive me, but you are ignorant of our culture. Brushogun is an urban legend, a myth. I'm afraid you have come a long way for nothing. As you can see, my troopers have Tokyo's real criminals under control."
"But… Saico-Tek said-"
"I'm sorry, I don't know who that is," Daizo jumped in. "Someone is playing a trick on you, perhaps."
"Commander Uehara," a man in a wide gray suit and tie spoke up in Japanese, standing before a handful of reporters. "Tokyo thanks you for saving our city, once again. The commander walked up to the man, both of them bowing to each other.
"It is my honor to serve, Mr. Mayor," he replied.
"Come now, the people want their hero. And I want to give you another medal." The mayor handed him a small golden medal, which he accepted. "I welcome you all to our city," the mayor addressed the Titans in English. I hope you enjoy your stay."
"Thank you very much," Robin replied.
"Just remember, here you are tourists," Daizo reminded them. "Leave the law enforcement to us."
Half an hour later, the six Titans were standing on a rooftop, Robin leaning against the railing and looking out at the city. "So, this was a fairly impressive waste of time," Raven commented sarcastically.
"I don't understand," Robin said. "How could this whole thing be a wild goose chase? I feel like an idiot."
"No, please," Starfire spoke up. "Do not blame yourself for the wild chasing of the goose."
"I can't even find my way around in this town… much less catch a criminal."
"You've got Starfire to help you out for finding your way at least," Gale noted.
"Yeah…"
Silence reigned for a moment, until Beast boy jumped up excitedly. "Oooo, dudes! I totally know where we need to go!" Beast Boy then changed into a pterodactyl and picked up Cyborg, while Starfire carried Robin, and the other two Titans flew alone. Following their friend's lead, they eventually arrived at a tall skyscraper building. "Tadaaa!" he exclaimed when they landed.
"Wakamono Shupa?" Starfire wondered.
"The comic book place?" Raven added.
"I thought you were leading us to a clue about Brushogun," Robin said, an angry tick on his face.
"Helloooo? Daizo said he's not real, remember?" Beast Boy reminded him, walking towards the entrance. "And as long as we're here, we've gotta take the tour." He then walked right into the glass door.
"The sign says it is closed," Starfire spoke up, reading the sign hanging on the door.
"Not cool! This isn't fair!" he exclaimed/complained.
"Come on, let's just go home," Robin said, half dejectedly.
"Are you nuts?" Gale asked. "We can't waste a trip like this."
"Yeah!" Cyborg agreed. "We are in Tokyo man! We gotta look around, see the town."
"After all, that's what vacations are for," Beast Boy pitched in. With the exception of Beast Boy, they all headed out to go their own ways, Starfire dragging Robin along, and Gale with Raven.
Back in the dark place, the same strange figure was watching the Titans move about. "So, the Titans are no longer looking for me. But I will be watching their every move." He then pressed a few buttons, activating a printing press, a shadowed hand lying against the paper, from which strips of paint appeared. And a mysterious, inhumane looking figure arose from each of these.
For their part, Raven and Gale were walking along one of the city's streets. Both of them drew eyes towards them, with the winged boy getting a bit more attention, yet still a fair few people still just moved along. "So… anything you wanna do?" Gale spoke up.
"I don't know. Let's just walk and talk for now."
They remained silent for a moment, just walking along. "You have any family?" Gale asked, breaking the silence.
Raven's face twitched a little at this, but she remained composed for the most part. "Yeah, there's my mother. Her name's Arella. I was actually born in a dimension called Azarath. I left to come to earth some time ago, but she still lives there."
"What about your father?"
"He's… not a nice person. If you don't mind, I'd really rather not talk about him."
"That's okay, I don't mean to pry," he said reassuringly. "What languages do you speak anyway?"
"English, obviously. And I also know German, Latin, Romanian, Ancient Sumerian… and Sanskrit."
"Wow, you're pretty smart to speak that many different languages."
"Thanks," Raven muttered, her cheeks coloring a little because of her friend's compliment. "What about you?"
"Well, I also speak English, as I'm sure you realized. And apart from that, there's Latin, Spanish, French, and at this point I've pretty well gotten the hang of Japanese. Not quite as many as you know."
"That's still five languages," Raven said, sounding impressed. "How'd you learn?"
"Latin, I've always just known it. Spanish and French are both Latin tongues, so I picked up on those pretty easy. As for Japanese, that came with study, and my cousins helped me learn a fair bit. On another topic, you said you sang, so why don't you do it more often?"
"Well… I mostly just do it when I'm alone."
"I'd love to hear you sing sometime. When you try, you really do have a beautiful voice, much like your pretty face."
'Does he really think I'm… pretty?' Raven thought to herself, blushing furiously.
'Did I just tell Raven she had a beautiful voice and a pretty face?' Gale spoke in his mind, his cheeks reflecting exactly how embarrassed he felt. 'Okay, yes, I did say that. I just told my friend with a pretty face, silky hair and nice legs that- No! Bad thoughts! Don't think like that!'
"Soooo… you really think I'd sing well then?" Raven asked, still blushing.
"Oh, ummm… yes, of course I think that! And I really would like to hear you sing, if you'd do me the honor."
"It's just that… I kind of get embarrassed at the idea of singing for other people. But I might be able to manage if you're the only one. Hey, how about this? We have a flying contest, and if you win, I'll sing, but just for you and nobody else." Raven said, surprising herself with her own idea.
"That's alright by me," he replied. "And if you win, then I'll be your personal translator for the whole day, and I'll buy you lunch after we're done flying. So… first one that gets to the T-Ship and back here?"
"You've got it." The two of them suddenly flew off into their air, racing against one another, unaware of the two entities lurking in the shadows and while watching them.
His friends having left, Beast Boy was sitting on the steps in front of the comic book building, moping with a comic in his hands. "This was the only place in Japan I wanted to see. It's like paradise for comic book geeks… Did I just call myself a geek? Oh well…" he then put up the comic book he had in his hands, flipping through the pages, until a shadow came across. Noticing this, he looked over the comic book, and his eyes bugged out at the sight of a cute, young school girl, dressed in a short shirt and skirt outfit.
She giggled a bit at seeing the green boy staring so openly. "Otaku?" she asked.
"Otaku? I think that means I'm cute," Beast boy said to himself, hearts flashing before his eyes. The girl then turned around and ran off, the changeling mindlessly following her.
Over with Cyborg, the half metal teenager was walking through an alleyway with many different shops on either side. He had his attention split between a guide book in his hands, and the shops, looking for one in particular. Finally, after walking along for some time, he came upon a small restaurant. "There it is!" he exclaimed. "The only Japanese I need to know. All you can eat!" He then walked into the restaurant in question and sat down at a table, where a young waiter/chef came over, presumably asking what he wanted. "Tabehoudai!" he said. (All you can eat!)
In the end, Gale and Raven ended up finishing their aerial race in a draw, both of them a little worn out from trying so hard to win. "So… guess neither of us won," Raven said.
"Yeah… that's true," Gale agreed. "Does it mean you aren't going to sing?"
"Well… I… okay, fine, I'll sing, just for you. But you still have to be my translator for the day and buy me lunch."
"Works for me," Gale said happily, leading the way into a sushi shop.
For their part, Robin and Starfire had quite a day. They had a lunch on the go while watching sumo wrestling on one of the giant TV screens outside, after which Starfire dragged her friend away so that they could go rowing along a peaceful river, beautiful cherry blossom trees on either side. They spent some time in a park, enjoying the view, and then flew back into the city proper, wandering around while looking at different buildings and such. After a while, they went into an arcade, where Robin stood off to the side while Starfire jumped to a game where she wore a helmet while standing on a dance pad and playing a mock guitar.
Lights flashed across the screen as the Tamaranian girl hit every note on the guitar and caught every step on the dance pad. Her impeccable scoring soon caught the attention of nearly every guy in the room, causing Robin a certain annoyance when they all swarmed over to watch. When it was done, a smiling face appeared on the screen, announcing a perfect score, at which the onlookers cheered. Now finished, Starfire took off the gaming implements and smiled brightly, at which Robin couldn't help but smile at seeing his friend's boundless joy.
Later in the day, just as the sun was beginning to set, casting a bit of a red glow, the Boy Wonder and Tamaranian girl were sitting atop the roof of one of the many skyscraper buildings in the city. "Brushogun's a myth, so why do I feel like he's still out there?" Robin wondered.
"Uh, Robin?" Starfire spoke up. "About that boy earlier, and the… lip contact…"
"Yeah… is that why you kissed me when we first met? To learn English?"
"Yes. On Tamaran, this signifies merely the passing of knowledge. But on your world, it means… more. Or so I have heard." Both of them blushed a little in embarrassment.
"Ohh… more… right. I mean, yes, lip contact does means… I've heard that too." They both laughed nervously a little, then suddenly moved apart, freshening themselves up, before leaning close together, more so than previously. "Hi…"
"Greetings…"
"Starfire…"
"Yes Robin?"
"You know you're my… best friend, right?"
"And you are mine," Starfire said in return, slowly edging her hand towards Robin's, until they were touching.
"I never want anything to get in the way of that," Robin added, grabbing her hand and leaning even closer.
"Nothing ever could."
"I know…"
"Then we have nothing to fear." Their faces came ever closer, their lips about to touch, until Robin suddenly came to a realization.
"Fear! Saico-Tek was afraid of someone, terrified!" he exclaimed, standing up determinedly, while Starfire's head dropped a little in disappointment. "And whoever they are, they're here in Tokyo. Everyone may think Brushogun is a myth, but to Saico-Tek, he's real."
"But…" Starfire protested, standing up next to her friend. "Even if he is real, the commander Daizo and his troopers can surely handle this."
"If they can handle it, then what're we doing here?"
"I… believed we were having… the fun."
"There's nothing fun about looking like a bunch of stupid kids. We're heroes, Starfire. We don't take vacations, we don't make mistakes, and we don't have time for… for this."
"Must we always be heroes?" she asked, gently holding his arm. "Are we capable of nothing else? Can we not, for a moment, be something… more?"
"There is nothing more," he shot back in a deadpan tone, removing her hands from his arm. "A hero is what I am. And if you don't like it…"
"Robin… I like it more than you'll ever know." Starfire then flew away, tears coming to her eyes because of her friend's words.
Later on, as night was coming in, Cyborg was still sitting in the little restaurant, continuing to stuff his face with lots and lots of food, without much pause. Finally, after a while of this, the owner, a small man with a big nose, dressed in white and black with a red headband, snatched up all the food currently on Cyborg's table. "You… you… you go now!" he spoke in English. "You eat too much you. You will put me out of business!"
"But the sign says all you can eat," the half metal teenager pointed out. "And I can eat more!"
"Oh, really?" he said, dashing behind the counter, picking up a pair of knives and chopping away at something unseen. "You can eat more? Can you eat… octopus?" He then held out a plate filled with pieces of octopus for him to eat. The other diners present in the restaurant quieted down instantly, turning their attention towards him
"Yes. I. Can!" He then grabbed the plate, set in down on the table and picked up his chopsticks. With a flurry of quick movements, he plucked the food from his plate and stuffed in his mouth in little time. "What's next?" he asked with a grin, as the onlookers 'oooooed' and an angry tick appearing on the restaurant owner's face.
"Hey, wait up!" Beast Boy called out as he ran down a mostly empty street. He had been chasing the same school girl as had appeared while he was moping in front of the comic book company. "I'm otaku, remember?" he added, stopping for a moment to catch his breath. The girl stopped and turned around to look at him, giving him a playful wink, before walking through a pair of doors, giggling while motioning for him to follow.
Mindlessly as usual, Beast Boy stood straight again and walked in through the same doors as the girl had just gone through, coming into a wide, darkened room. "Where'd she go?" he wondered.
A light suddenly came on, illuminating the place. The green boy then took into account that he was standing on a stage, and that there were only girls sitting at the tables, cheering him on. A confused look popped onto his face as a woman handed him a cordless microphone, and suddenly it clicked. "Karaoke!" An upbeat song then started to play with words coming up on a screen next to him. "Wait! It's all Japanese…. Ah ha! There it is, English!" he said as he managed to change them to English. He then proceeded to sing along, with all the girls cheering wildly as he occasionally transformed into an animal. "Good night Tokyo!" he cried out once he was done, at which a bunch of girls rushed the stage, swarming all over him. "I love this town."
After lunch, Raven and Gale had wandered around for some time. They had gone to a few shops and stands, Gale telling the people managing them that they were looking for any reading material. However, the only place they came across that sold anything they were able to read, was a little stand, where the owner sold them a piece of gum with the label 'Super Twinkle 'Donkey Gum'. By the time evening rolled around proper, they had come to a part of town that looked more like ancient Japan, with the way the buildings were made. It was very quiet and no people were moving about, at least, in the immediate vicinity. The two Titans landed softly on one of the rooftops and sat down, simply looking at the scenery for a moment.
"So… if you don't mind, I'll just go ahead and sing for you now, as I promised," Raven said. Gale nodded at this, waiting and listening. The female Titan cleared her throat before she began, singing in a melodious voice that most people wouldn't expect to hear from her.
I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Raven continued to sing until the song's end, the words flowing in a very graceful manner. When she was done, she looked to her friend, who had his undivided attention focused on her. "Raven… that was… you really do have a beautiful voice," he said, a warm smile appearing on his face.
"Thank you," she muttered, smiling in return. Instead of being embarrassed, as she usually might, she felt a warm feeling inside and her heart beating a little faster. Gale then plucked out a perfect looking feather from his left wing and placed it in Raven's hair, waving aside her protests by pointing out that one less would make no difference to him. The two of them sat down in silence for a while longer, simply enjoying each other's company. "I still can't believe that the only thing to read in this entire city is gum."
"What about that place over there?" Gale suggested, pointing to a small shop with curtain doors. "We haven't checked it out yet."
"Might as well." They both flew down onto the street and landed in front of the shop in question. "Hello?" Raven called out, pulling the curtains apart. "Is anyone there?" They waited for a moment, during which no one answered. "This is probably a bad idea." But despite this, they walked in regardless.
Back in the darkened lair, the same mysterious figure was monitoring the Titans' movements on the screens before him. At the present moment, he was focussed on the Boy Wonder himself. Robin was currently sitting on the lower flat part of a large neon letter planted on one of the many rooftops, examining the pink orb he'd picked up from Saico-Tek. "The child continues to investigate," he said, annoyed by this development. "Yes… he is persistent. But Saico-Tek will take him off the case… permanently."
"This isn't much," Robin muttered to himself as he studied the pink orb from his perch. "But it's the only clue I've got. No screws, no seams… what's this thing made of?" Suddenly, the orb was flung out of his hand by another object colliding with it. Seeing a shuriken identical to those of Saico-Tek lying a few feet away, Robin immediately jumped away, seconds before it exploded. As he swung around on his grappling hook, he happened to see Saico-Tek, who was standing on a ledge above. "Saico Tek!"
The villain, whose suit was now mostly pink, jumped started running away, Robin in hot pursuit. The Boy Wonder ran across a platform and jumped up onto the ledge, throwing a birdarang which planted itself in Saico-Tek's backpack just as he was starting to fly away, bringing him back down with a crash. Robin came down on him before he had the chance to get up, holding his arms behind his back. "I want answers! Real ones," he demanded.
In response, the Japanese bad guy kicked the Titan leader off him, then flipped to his feet. Both of them charged at one another, engaging in a fierce melee brawl, swinging with hands, feet, elbows and any other body part. At one point, Robin threw a hard punch, to which Saico-Tek avoided by dodging to the side, then snatching his cape. He pulled back and swung his foot for Robin's chest, only to have it caught, but jumped up and connected with his other to the Boy Wonder's face, leaving a pink mark.
He started to run away again, Robin pursuing him, until he slipped through the blockade of metal supports holding up a series of neon signs. Robin grunted in anger and annoyance at this, but simply ran along the ledge at the side, keeping track of his target flipping and passing through the supports with all the grace and agility of a supreme gymnast. After a moment, he came to an opening, where the villain came out, only to be flung away when Robin tackled him onto a flat rooftop. They rolled for a second, during which Robin managed to handcuff him with his arms behind his back, then separated and flipped away. But, to his surprise, the villain simply got to his feet, then impossibly twisted his arms over his head and brought them in front of him, slipping his hands out of the restraints. "What are you?" Robin wondered.
Despite this latest development, the Boy Wonder still charged his opponent, who reached behind his back and pulled out two pink balls, which extended into a pair of Sai, three pronged daggers. Saico-Tek jumped as Robin attempted a sliding kick, slicing off the 'R' emblem on Robin's chest. The Titans' leader pulled out a pair of birdarangs from his belt as he got up, clashing with Saico-Tek knives. They fought with their weapons for a short moment, the pink villain knocking one birdarang out of Robin's hand. The Boy Wonder swung with his remaining weapon in quick succession, managing to keep his opponent busy defending himself, though he still lost his other birdarang when it broke against one of Saico-Tek's knives.
But even unarmed, Robin was hardly helpless, proven as he kept dodging or countering the villain's strikes with only his hands and feet. At one point, he managed to grab both of Saico-Tek's hands and let himself fall down into a roll, bringing the villain down and flipping him into the air. As he charged at him again, Saico-Tek swung his daggers quickly, not drawing blood, but still slicing into Robin's glove, shirt, and making a small cut in his mask, which contrived to stay in place. Putting away his Sai, the villain back-flipped away from Robin, who hurled a fistful of small explosive globes at him, which blew up against the rooftop, catapulting him into the air. He landed with a thud, getting up in a flash and continuing to run away.
However, Robin then threw a pair of explosive disks, which detonated against a neon sign in front of Saico-Tek, blowing him back off his feet. Just as this happened, Robin leaped forward, spearing him in the back, both of them slamming into the large sign, which fell over, falling onto the street below. Using his grapple to land safely, Robin came down on the prone villain with a fury, pounding him with his fists. He then raised his hands and struck with a double-handed blow, shattering the circular piece on Saico-Tek's chest, at which he stopped moving completely.
Breathing a little hard from the energy expended, Robin stood up and took notice of all the people staring at him, many of whom had looks of surprise, shock, or other such stunned expressions. He then looked at his hands, which were coated with in a pink substance which eerily resembled blood. "No…" he said, not wanting to believe what he'd just done. A horde of Tokyo Troopers suddenly came onto the scene, surrounding the Titans' leader, pointing their weapons at him.
"I am sorry, my young friend," Daizo said, standing amidst his troopers. "But you leave me no choice. I must place you under arrest. Robin merely stood still as a pair of troopers placed a set of handcuffs around his wrists and led him away, wondering how things could possibly have turned out like this.
So... I hope you all liked it, and if you'd be kind enough, please leave a review, even if it's just a few words.
I should get around to posting the next chapter in... three weeks, maybe (random guess).
Robin: I get arrested! What's wrong with you dude?
Me: Nothing, that's part of the movie, not my fault, I'm just following along for that part.
Starfire: Please, tell me, will Robin be alright?
Me: Of course, your little Robbie poo will be fine.
*Robin has an angry tick on his face at the nickname.*
Raven: Will anything more happen between me and Gale?
Me: Yeah, don't worry, I've got some hot stuff stored up for you two.
Gale: Hot stuff? Like what?
Me: I'm not saying. You just have to wait and see.
Cyborg: I'm hungry!
Me: Then go hassle that restaurant owner. But be careful, he may get pissed off.
Beast Boy: Am I going to-
Me: That's enough, all of you! No more questions, comments or anything else for this after-chapter. I'm done here.
*I pull out a remote control and press a button, opening up a trap door that I fall through and out of sight. Beast Boy whimpers because he didn't get to ask his question.*