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Chapter 3, Robin's lessons,
It was rather quiet today in the tower, if you were to ignore Beast Boy and Cyborg's argument about which game to play. Everyone else was going about their business. Terra and Starfire were ogling pictures of Bruce Wayne among other pictures, Raven was taking care of her new raven chick which she had affectionately named Poe, and Robin was locked in his room straining his mind to figure out the identity of Slade. Among all of this, Asura was simply doing chores and making food for hungry titans. As Asura passed by Robin's room, he heard a loud groan of frustration come from inside. Asura being as helpful as possible knocked on the door. Robin opened the door and had a deceivingly welcoming look on his face.
"What's up Asura?"
"I heard a sound of discomfort from you, are you alright?"
"Ah, I'm fine, just trying to solve a few personal problems."
"Would it be wrong of me to ask what kind of problems?"
"No not at all" Robin opened he door more and let Asura inside. Asura sat down on a chair near Robin's bed, and Robin sat in the chair by his desk
"See, about a year ago a crime lord calling himself Slade started a major crime spree of hijacking, burglary, destruction of property, and a few cases of murder. His tactics of crime seem more guerilla lately though. I can't figure out why." Explained Robin.
"Perhaps he has seen that this city has guardians, and is becoming more cautious about how he does his work."
"Maybe, it seems more like he is trying to destroy us than trying to get away with petty crimes."
"Was he the one leading the robot army to destroy the tower a few days ago?"
"Yeah he was, I'm glad you were able to protect yourself."
"It was a last ditch effort on my part actually, it was a bad idea for me to use Senju."
"Why? He saved the tower."
"Yes but now your enemy knows he exists, if he was to capture me, he would have total control of Senju and the city." Robin looked down for a minute in dread at the thought of Slade controlling Senju.
"well let's just hope that will never happen. I'll do everything in my power to protect you and Senju then." said Robin.
"you seem to stress an awful lot about this person. Do you know who he is?" asked Asura curiously.
"Well, no, that's what I'm stressing over. I know I shouldn't be focusing so much on him, but there is just some kind of familiarity to him. When I look into that mask of his, it just reminds me of..." Robin paused and remained silent. Asura was about to ask "who" but realized this was something that Robin obviously didn't want to share. Asura then noticed the old Red X mask on the desk. "Is that Slade's mask?" asked Asura and pointed to it.
"No, that's a memento of mine"
"What does it tell you?"
"That trust is always the most important part of a team." Said Robin with a hint of regret in his voice. Asura pretty much figured out the situation behind that mask for himself. He then thought of a way to help Robin. "Hey Robin, is there a gym in the tower?"
"Yea it's on the seventh floor, why?"
"How about I teach you some pure Buddhist martial arts to help you get your mind off of your work?" suggested Asura. Robin was about to decline, but then felt his bottom aching from sitting in his chair all day.
"Sure Asura, that sounds like fun" Robin and Asura went down to the gym. Asura looked around to determine what kind of space he could use to workout with Robin in.
"Ok Robin, first lesson. Let me see you punch the bag a few times." Asura instructed. Robin punched the bag a few times, the bag arched inward and moved back a great deal. Each time he hit the bag he would make a loud "HA" or some kind of yelling sound.
"That's pretty good, your spirit is definitely behind you, but now watch me." Robin stepped back from the bag. Asura stood very calmly with his feet at shoulder width apart. His hands started to move in a flowing motion, not touching the bag at first. Then out of nowhere, at lightning speed, his fists slammed into the bag one after another, each hit devastating the bag twice as much as Robin did, and his expression was unchanged. His eyes remained focused, and he made no sounds. The only sounds heard was the loud "WHAM" sound that the bag made when it was hit. Then he stopped and steadied the bag. Robin simply stood there with his jaw hanging lower than his hands.
"How did you get that much power without putting any effort into it?" asked the dumfounded Robin.
"You are tense, I am loose. I am like water; I can be still and serine at one moment, then pound down in a tidal wave at the next." Robin didn't understand completely. "Let's try something else" suggested Asura. He then tossed him a rubber knife. "Come at me with the knife as if you were trying to stab me"
"Are you sure? you're going to get hurt." noted Robin
"We'll see" said Asura with a smile on his face. Robin then darted at Asura with the fake knife and attempted to stab him. But just as he thrusted the knife, he suddenly found himself face up on the ground. Asura turned around and helped him up. Robin was again dumfounded. "Um...how did you do that?"
"You are tense, I am loose. I am like water; I can take the shape of anything. If you try to punch a wall of water, your hand will slip right through." Robin started to understand what he was saying, but still needed a little more clarification. "Here one more demonstration."
Asura stepped back a few steps. "Throw a birdarang at me" He said. Robin was wide-eyed at his request but proceeded to do as he was asked. Robin stepped back and pulled a birdarang out from his belt. He then gave it a mighty swish with his arm and it flew toward Asura with great speed. The birdarang seemed to hit Asura with deadly accuracy, Asura was spinning like the birdarang, but as he slowed down, he noticed that he had caught the birdarang with two fingers! Robin's jaw dropped to the floor. "N-no one has ever caught one of those, they have extra jets in them to make them spin faster! How the hell did you it?" Asura smiled and said again, "you are tense, I am loose. I am like water; throw a stone in me, the stone slows down and sinks to the bottom" Robin's face was still long and wide- eyed. "here's an easy lesson..."
Asura stepped in front of the bag. He stood the same way he was when he was punching it. "Stand the same way I am right now" he said. Robin approached him and looked at the way he was standing, and then matched his stance with Asura's. Asura stepped back. "Now kick the bag the leg farthest from the bag." he said. Robin struck the bag with his back leg. The bag arched inward and shook a little. "Good, now do exactly what I tell you, just before you move your back foot, turn your front foot a quarter turn to the right, then swing your hips so that your whole body ends up facing to the right." Robin thought about it for a few seconds, and then did a few mock attempts without striking the bag very hard. Then he did the kick exactly as Asura said as hard as he could. "HAAAA" he yelled. The strike made a thunderous "WHAM" sound and the bag flew back, spilling sand out of a large hole he had made in it.
Asura clapped at the sight of Robin destroying the punching bag with the strike he had taught him. Robin looked at the decimated bag with wide eyes. "See? You moved your entire body in order to build up momentum in your leg." Noted Asura.
"Wow, not even Cyborg could do that much damage to the bag." Said Robin. The other Titans rushed into the gym to see what the loud noise was. When they saw what happened to the bag, there was mixed emotions. "Woah dude, did you do that, Robin?" asked Beast Boy.
"Aw man, I paid a good $350 for that bag man." groaned Cyborg.
"Jeez, it sounded like someone fired off a cannon" said Terra
"I've never heard a louder noise since I accidentally threw a starbolt at a Tamaranian sound beast!" said Starfire
"I thought someone was attacking the tower." Said Raven. Just then, the pocket communicator in Robin's belt went off. "Titans, trouble at city hall, lets go!" The titans rushed out of the gym and were out of the building within a minute. Asura was once again left to clean up the mess left by Robin, which he had no objection to.
In town another group of Slade-bots were attacking city hall. The police were doing their best to keep the robots at bay, but their weapons were of no use against the machines' metal bodies. One of the Slade androids were approaching a cop from behind with a knife, it was about to stab him, just then a starbolt came from behind and blasted the android's head off. "I don't care if you don't like the government, Slade, you are more corrupt than the people running it anyway, TITANS, GO!" yelled Robin. Starfire and Cyborg proceeded to blast away at the larger Slade-mechs; Beast Boy changed into a gorilla and threw empty police cars at large gangs of androids. Raven and Terra helped secure any hostages that were being held. Meanwhile, a Slade android charged at Robin with a knife. Robin looked at the bot that was coming strait towards him, and then pulled on his arm just as he thrusted the knife at him. The Slade-bot landed face up on the gravel. Robin looked at his hand, then and looked back in the direction of the tower and smiled. He then turned to see the bot getting on its feet to make another charge. Robin stood in the stance that Asura taught him, and kicked the bot in the same way he was taught. Robin's leg sliced through the bots torso like a hot knife through butter. Robin smiled again, and continue to decimate the rest of the bots attacking him with the techniques Asura taught him that day. When the Titans returned that night, all but Raven were asking Asura to teach him the same techniques that he taught Robin earlier.
Chapter 3, Robin's lessons,
It was rather quiet today in the tower, if you were to ignore Beast Boy and Cyborg's argument about which game to play. Everyone else was going about their business. Terra and Starfire were ogling pictures of Bruce Wayne among other pictures, Raven was taking care of her new raven chick which she had affectionately named Poe, and Robin was locked in his room straining his mind to figure out the identity of Slade. Among all of this, Asura was simply doing chores and making food for hungry titans. As Asura passed by Robin's room, he heard a loud groan of frustration come from inside. Asura being as helpful as possible knocked on the door. Robin opened the door and had a deceivingly welcoming look on his face.
"What's up Asura?"
"I heard a sound of discomfort from you, are you alright?"
"Ah, I'm fine, just trying to solve a few personal problems."
"Would it be wrong of me to ask what kind of problems?"
"No not at all" Robin opened he door more and let Asura inside. Asura sat down on a chair near Robin's bed, and Robin sat in the chair by his desk
"See, about a year ago a crime lord calling himself Slade started a major crime spree of hijacking, burglary, destruction of property, and a few cases of murder. His tactics of crime seem more guerilla lately though. I can't figure out why." Explained Robin.
"Perhaps he has seen that this city has guardians, and is becoming more cautious about how he does his work."
"Maybe, it seems more like he is trying to destroy us than trying to get away with petty crimes."
"Was he the one leading the robot army to destroy the tower a few days ago?"
"Yeah he was, I'm glad you were able to protect yourself."
"It was a last ditch effort on my part actually, it was a bad idea for me to use Senju."
"Why? He saved the tower."
"Yes but now your enemy knows he exists, if he was to capture me, he would have total control of Senju and the city." Robin looked down for a minute in dread at the thought of Slade controlling Senju.
"well let's just hope that will never happen. I'll do everything in my power to protect you and Senju then." said Robin.
"you seem to stress an awful lot about this person. Do you know who he is?" asked Asura curiously.
"Well, no, that's what I'm stressing over. I know I shouldn't be focusing so much on him, but there is just some kind of familiarity to him. When I look into that mask of his, it just reminds me of..." Robin paused and remained silent. Asura was about to ask "who" but realized this was something that Robin obviously didn't want to share. Asura then noticed the old Red X mask on the desk. "Is that Slade's mask?" asked Asura and pointed to it.
"No, that's a memento of mine"
"What does it tell you?"
"That trust is always the most important part of a team." Said Robin with a hint of regret in his voice. Asura pretty much figured out the situation behind that mask for himself. He then thought of a way to help Robin. "Hey Robin, is there a gym in the tower?"
"Yea it's on the seventh floor, why?"
"How about I teach you some pure Buddhist martial arts to help you get your mind off of your work?" suggested Asura. Robin was about to decline, but then felt his bottom aching from sitting in his chair all day.
"Sure Asura, that sounds like fun" Robin and Asura went down to the gym. Asura looked around to determine what kind of space he could use to workout with Robin in.
"Ok Robin, first lesson. Let me see you punch the bag a few times." Asura instructed. Robin punched the bag a few times, the bag arched inward and moved back a great deal. Each time he hit the bag he would make a loud "HA" or some kind of yelling sound.
"That's pretty good, your spirit is definitely behind you, but now watch me." Robin stepped back from the bag. Asura stood very calmly with his feet at shoulder width apart. His hands started to move in a flowing motion, not touching the bag at first. Then out of nowhere, at lightning speed, his fists slammed into the bag one after another, each hit devastating the bag twice as much as Robin did, and his expression was unchanged. His eyes remained focused, and he made no sounds. The only sounds heard was the loud "WHAM" sound that the bag made when it was hit. Then he stopped and steadied the bag. Robin simply stood there with his jaw hanging lower than his hands.
"How did you get that much power without putting any effort into it?" asked the dumfounded Robin.
"You are tense, I am loose. I am like water; I can be still and serine at one moment, then pound down in a tidal wave at the next." Robin didn't understand completely. "Let's try something else" suggested Asura. He then tossed him a rubber knife. "Come at me with the knife as if you were trying to stab me"
"Are you sure? you're going to get hurt." noted Robin
"We'll see" said Asura with a smile on his face. Robin then darted at Asura with the fake knife and attempted to stab him. But just as he thrusted the knife, he suddenly found himself face up on the ground. Asura turned around and helped him up. Robin was again dumfounded. "Um...how did you do that?"
"You are tense, I am loose. I am like water; I can take the shape of anything. If you try to punch a wall of water, your hand will slip right through." Robin started to understand what he was saying, but still needed a little more clarification. "Here one more demonstration."
Asura stepped back a few steps. "Throw a birdarang at me" He said. Robin was wide-eyed at his request but proceeded to do as he was asked. Robin stepped back and pulled a birdarang out from his belt. He then gave it a mighty swish with his arm and it flew toward Asura with great speed. The birdarang seemed to hit Asura with deadly accuracy, Asura was spinning like the birdarang, but as he slowed down, he noticed that he had caught the birdarang with two fingers! Robin's jaw dropped to the floor. "N-no one has ever caught one of those, they have extra jets in them to make them spin faster! How the hell did you it?" Asura smiled and said again, "you are tense, I am loose. I am like water; throw a stone in me, the stone slows down and sinks to the bottom" Robin's face was still long and wide- eyed. "here's an easy lesson..."
Asura stepped in front of the bag. He stood the same way he was when he was punching it. "Stand the same way I am right now" he said. Robin approached him and looked at the way he was standing, and then matched his stance with Asura's. Asura stepped back. "Now kick the bag the leg farthest from the bag." he said. Robin struck the bag with his back leg. The bag arched inward and shook a little. "Good, now do exactly what I tell you, just before you move your back foot, turn your front foot a quarter turn to the right, then swing your hips so that your whole body ends up facing to the right." Robin thought about it for a few seconds, and then did a few mock attempts without striking the bag very hard. Then he did the kick exactly as Asura said as hard as he could. "HAAAA" he yelled. The strike made a thunderous "WHAM" sound and the bag flew back, spilling sand out of a large hole he had made in it.
Asura clapped at the sight of Robin destroying the punching bag with the strike he had taught him. Robin looked at the decimated bag with wide eyes. "See? You moved your entire body in order to build up momentum in your leg." Noted Asura.
"Wow, not even Cyborg could do that much damage to the bag." Said Robin. The other Titans rushed into the gym to see what the loud noise was. When they saw what happened to the bag, there was mixed emotions. "Woah dude, did you do that, Robin?" asked Beast Boy.
"Aw man, I paid a good $350 for that bag man." groaned Cyborg.
"Jeez, it sounded like someone fired off a cannon" said Terra
"I've never heard a louder noise since I accidentally threw a starbolt at a Tamaranian sound beast!" said Starfire
"I thought someone was attacking the tower." Said Raven. Just then, the pocket communicator in Robin's belt went off. "Titans, trouble at city hall, lets go!" The titans rushed out of the gym and were out of the building within a minute. Asura was once again left to clean up the mess left by Robin, which he had no objection to.
In town another group of Slade-bots were attacking city hall. The police were doing their best to keep the robots at bay, but their weapons were of no use against the machines' metal bodies. One of the Slade androids were approaching a cop from behind with a knife, it was about to stab him, just then a starbolt came from behind and blasted the android's head off. "I don't care if you don't like the government, Slade, you are more corrupt than the people running it anyway, TITANS, GO!" yelled Robin. Starfire and Cyborg proceeded to blast away at the larger Slade-mechs; Beast Boy changed into a gorilla and threw empty police cars at large gangs of androids. Raven and Terra helped secure any hostages that were being held. Meanwhile, a Slade android charged at Robin with a knife. Robin looked at the bot that was coming strait towards him, and then pulled on his arm just as he thrusted the knife at him. The Slade-bot landed face up on the gravel. Robin looked at his hand, then and looked back in the direction of the tower and smiled. He then turned to see the bot getting on its feet to make another charge. Robin stood in the stance that Asura taught him, and kicked the bot in the same way he was taught. Robin's leg sliced through the bots torso like a hot knife through butter. Robin smiled again, and continue to decimate the rest of the bots attacking him with the techniques Asura taught him that day. When the Titans returned that night, all but Raven were asking Asura to teach him the same techniques that he taught Robin earlier.