Hello, people! Sorry for the wait, but I have another story on the site I was helping get to its feet. If anyone wants to see it, it's called The Many Guardians of BeastBoy, and people seem to think it's pretty good. Anyways, disclaimer and review replies!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own TT or TMNT.

Lunar Heart Crystal: I thought ending the last chapter with the villain's name would be cool...hangs head...I'm not good with cool, I guess.

Nautikus: Popping popcorn for my story? I'm honored!

ON WITH THE STORY!

Chapter 12: New Weapons, New Feelings, New Battles.

Another day passed in the Titans Tower, and the Turtles seemed tenser than normal, but with good reason. The knowledge that their mortal enemy, The Shredder, had teamed up with Slade, the Titans' nemesis, was unnerving. So, to prepare themselves, they had taken time to train with both their method, and the Titans' method, with results, both good and bad. The good was that the Turtles were obviously getting stronger. The bad was that if a surprise attack came upon them after their training, they'd be beaten easily, for they trained until their bodies almost no longer reacted. The Titans decided that the Turtles needed a break. Robin confronted them one day after their morning rooftop training.

"You guys really need to take a break." he said wisely. "You've trained yourself into the ground."

"We have to be prepared." said Leonardo. "Who knows how much stronger the Shredder is, especially with this Slade guy with him."

"Yeah, but don't forget, you're not the only ones that are going to battle them. Just take a bit of a break. You don't have to stop training. Just don't train every second of the day."

"Come on Leo!" said Michelangelo. "You have trained us so hard, I can already feel my lifespan shortening."

"All right, all right. We'll lighten the training up, starting now." he said wearily. The other Turtles cheered and headed for the couch, eager to get some entertainment in their lives. Leonardo sighed.

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Later, as the Turtles returned from one last light session with the Titans training machines, they entered the common room to meet the Titans, who looked at them thoughtfully. Some of the Turtles found this unsettling.

"What?" asked Michelangelo. "Do I look sick? Is my face green?" he joked. Donatello thunked him on the head with his bo staff. "OW!" he yelled.

"No time for jokes, Mikey. They're serious about something." said Donatello.

"What's up, guys?" asked Leonardo. Robin spoke up.

"We were just thinking. Slade is bound to do things that make Shredder stronger, and vice versa. We were just thinking you guys needed some new weapons." he said. The Turtles pulled out their respective weapons, and noted that they looked in bad shape.

"I guess we could use some new weaponry." said Donatello, about a second before the Turtles' weapons fell apart right there, littering the floor with weapon pieces.

"Okay, we KNOW we could use some new weaponry." remarked Raphael. Robin and Cyborg chuckled. BeastBoy and Starfire were laughing. Raven merely smirked, under her sky-blue cloak. Her tastes in clothes must have changed, or at least, that's what the Turtles thought.

"Come on. We'll all help you make some new, improved weapons." said Cyborg, and the Titans led them to a room were they would be able to make powerful weapons, much different than normally forged weapons.

One weapon-making moment later...

The Turtles and Titans exited the special weapon forging room, looking sweaty, but invigorated. The Turtles looked pretty happy about the new, improved weapons they got. These weapons all had special abilities, much like the Titans had special powers, and Robin had special gadgets. As they went into the common room, Robin spoke up.

"Well, let's give them a test run. Try out your new abilities." he said. The Turtles agreed, and pulled out their new weapons, based on their original, but enhanced in abilities and looks.

"I'll call these the Crimson Katanas." said Leonardo, admiring his new katanas. They both had the relative shape of normal katanas, but the handles where a shiny silver color, and the blades were red, and made of energy which constantly coursed to the point. "So, what kind of skills do I have with these blades?" Leonardo asked.

"Well, for one, they are made to be very powerful, but are also light and easy to handle. I'm sure you've noticed that." said Robin. "Next, you can gather energy at the tip of the swords, and fire it at an enemy, in the form of a thin red beam." he finished.

"Thank you, my friends." Leonardo said, bowing. Raphael came up.

"How about my new Shadow Sais?" he asked, admiring the new black-bladed sais he had.

"Your sais will have the ability to return to you if you use them as a throwing weapon." said Cyborg. "They can also emit a black cloud around you, great for sneak attacks and hasty retreats."

"Awesome!" said Raphael. Donatello came up.

"And what about my weapon, the Battle Bo?" he asked. The Titans had to admit, they came up with good names.

"Your staff can extend itself, if need be, to reach far away foes, or swing low and knock a whole line of bad guys down." said Robin. "You can also spin it to create a shiled around you, protecting you from attacks."

"Well, that'll definitely be useful." said Donatello. Michelangelo bounded forward.

"And mine! The...uhh...ah, shell! I can't think of a name!" he said disdainfully.

"Calm down, Mikey." said Cyborg. "Your new nunchakus can spin fast enough to emit tornadoes at your foe. A very powerful ability. Powerful materials, too, so they're strong as normal weapons."

"Uhh...I'll call them the Tornadochukus, then! Awesome!" he exclaimed. The other Turtles sighed.

"Well, now that you guys have new weapons, we should plan what to do with our enemies." said Robin. "We need to find out what they're doing, so I'll go formulate a plan."

"I'll go with you." said Leonardo. Those two left, leaving the others to do as they wished. The Turtles decided to go try out their new weapons, Raven decided to go meditate, and Cyborg and BeastBoy decided to play some video games, with Starfire deciding to cheer them on.

In Raven's Mind...

"Well, on to the threshold of Affection, or whatever she'll be now." Raven said, reluctantly entering the realm of Affection, and she saw that the BeastBoy photos were still up, but all bunched together messily on one wall, where several items that looked like BeastBoy were. Things carved to look like him, things given by him, like the lucky penny, among other things. Raven didn't like the looks of this, considering "Affection" was looking at them all possessively. She cleared her throat, and "Affection" turned.

"Oh, hello." she said, her voice no longer sultry, but now very innocent. "I suppose you're here to know what feeling I am now?" she asked. Raven nodded. "I thought so. As you can tell by this shrine to BB, I am now Adoration." she said.

"Adoration?" Raven repeated. Adoration nodded.

"I guess you could call it the stage before love. It's where you know you adore his quirks, and like him so much for every one of them. I'm a part of you, Raven. Quit denying my existence." she demanded. Raven shook her head.

"I'm not really denying your existence anymore. After you were Lust, I decided you were here to stay, and figured it was useless to get rid of you. I'll just have a hard time accepting you." she said.

"Hmm...total indifference." said Adoration thoughtfully. "I suppose it's better than nothing. Let me know when you decide to accept me. I'll be right here next to my BB shrine." she said, sighing happily as she turned back to her shrine. Raven sighed, though out of exasperation.

'This is really messing me up.' she thought, and left Nevermore, and rested in her room.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

There you go! Sorry for the long wait for an update...I was really into my other story. Anyway, the next chapter will (hopefully) have a big battle scene, with a surprise appearance, who should be familiar for the TMNT viewers!

Anyway, I'll see you next chapter! Please R&R! Later!