I will warn you. This is quite possibly one of the oddest and most improbable things that has cropped up in the sick and twisted relm known as my mind.
But I think you may like it. All characters are copyrighted to their creators while the storyline itself is my own.
It is kind of a sequel to my earlier story That One Thing, so, I suggest you read it. If you don't, prepare for a surprise. Or many. Thanks.
Oh and by the way, the only way for one to get better is for people to tell him he is screwing up. hint, hint
My appologies on my rushiness I swear it gets better and yes ron does get smarter at some point.
Kim groggily walked into the main room still in her mission clothes. What greeted her was a feeding frenzy. Ron and Shego were both awake and were participating in the fight. Kim laughed. Maybe it wasn't going to be so bad. She looked out of the big windows that she had hoped to see a sunrise from, but were still dark. She deftly reached into the fighting arms and pulled out a waffle. She chewed on it without syrup. "Why so early? It's sunday right?"
"Exactly." Robin said extricating himself from the table to stand beside her. "Even villans take a day off, mostly. That gives us one day a week to train really hard."
"I see." Kim continued to eat the waffle.
"Pathetic isn't it?" Raven asked startling Kim. "How they fight over the food like a pack of rabid wolves."
Kim smiled. "Actually I think it is refreshing. At my house we were always cautious. The tweebs, my twin brother dweebs, are always experimenting with rockets, so we have to be wary should one of them get out of control."
"I see." Robin said. "Hey Starfire. Why don't you take Kim up to watch the sunrise?"
"Oh a most glorious suggestion friend Robin." Starfire stuffed a mustard covered waffle into her mouth.
Kim walked into the kitchen and looked for the coffee pot. There was none. "Hey Robin? Don't you guys have cofee?"
Raven walked into the kitchen. "We really can't stand the stuff. I'll get you some tea? We can work on the cofee at another time."
"Sure. Thanks." Kim felt digected. "You kind of get used to the stuff after a while."
Raven shuddered as she poured the boiling water into a cup. "I don't know how you can drink it. Here I'll give you some Earl Gray. That should be robust enough for you."
Kim took the offered cup, "Thanks. At first I hated it, but before long I was waking up to the smell of it in the morning. Then I couldn't wait to have that first cup. I guess you would call it an aquired taste." Kim sipped the hot liquid. "Excellent."
"Come, friend Kim. The sunrise awaits." Starfire nearly dragged Kim to the elevator. The doors opened up to the roof of the tower. Starfire led her to one of the sides overlooking the bay. "The sun on earth here is most glorious. Very beutiful."
Kim sipped the tea. "I agree." The first ray of sunshine nearly blinded her. Kim watched the sky come to life in many hues of red and orange. She watched as Starfire seemed to drink the oncoming rays of sunshine. Starfires skin flushed with the solar energy and a wide smile graced her face. Kim giggled.
"What is funny?"
"Nothing. It is just nice to see such a ray of sunshine. Excuse the pun."
"It is more accurate than you may think. My powers are fed by solar energy. The sun and stars. This is the morning meal for my powers."
Kim just stared silently and sipped her tea. Faintly Kim heard her name being called. Kim looked over the edge of the building to see the tiny figures of the titans leaving the building. "We should go."
"You are correct." Kim felt strong arms circle her waist then felt the weightless ness of freefall. Just before they hit the ground she felt her weight return to her as she gently touched down.
Kim breathed heavily for a few moments. "Next time a warning would be nice." Kim set her now empty cup down beside the door.
"My apologies, friend Kim. I forget that you are not accustomed to this place yet."
"It's allright Star. Kim can handle anything." Ron reassured Starfire.
"Yeah it's cool." Kim said.
The obstacle course was no big. Ron was not well suited to it, but that Kim expected. The team exercises were rather challenging. The only thing that kept Shego from failing those completely was the fact that Kim knew how Shego moved. Everybody dusted themselves off as they headed to an open area. "Starfire and Shego." Robin said. Announcing the first challengers.
"Hey, no fair. The alien can fly." Shego pouted.
Robin pinched the bridge of his nose. "So. If your half as good as you believe than it shouldn't be a problem."
Shego huffed as she made her way down the short hill to face Starfire. "Hey honey, ready?"
"I am ready." Starfire started by launching a starbolt at Shego's midsection.
Shego shied away from the energy bold. "Princess is going to have to do better than that." Shego ignited her hands and gave the now flying Starfire a ball of plasma.
"What does being a monarch have to do with this?" Starfire asked.
Jinx leaned over to Kim while watching the fight. "Finally someone who understands the value of banter."
"We've been fighting for a long time and we're both pretty good at it." Kim smiled.
"Great!" Jinx clapped her hands.
"So, princess are you and the green midget a couple?" Shego jumped and grabbed Starfires foot. She pulled down hard sending Starfire into the earth.
"No, Beasboy is not my boy who is a friend." Starfire pulled herself out of the earth and launched another series of energy shots at Shego.
"Is Shego going to use relation ships in her banter?" Raven asked Kim.
"She does frequently. Why?" Kim replied.
Raven merely chuckled. "She had better not."
"Banter is most often a lie, Raven. It is only used to trip up the enemy. You know she won't mean it." Kim said. Then added, "I hope."
"So who is the lucky earthling?" Shego landed a punch on Starfire.
"If you must know my lover is Raven." Shego was tripped up enough for Starfire to send her flying herself.
Kim shook her head. "Is that true?"
Raven looked over at her her eyes black. "What of it?"
Kim held her hands up in front of her face. "Nothing, just wondering." Kim sighed as Raven's eyes returned to normal.
Shego recovered quickly. "So you're a dykes!"
Kim helped Jinx hold Raven back. Meanwhile the fight continued. "If that is a term referring to a lesbian. Than yes." Starfire launched twin beams of fury at Shego from her eyes.
"So, how is she in the sack?" Shego grinned dodging the beams.
"That is none of your business." Starfire resorted to bolts of energy.
"Aw come on. She is so repressed I bet she just lets it all come out in between the covers." Shego danced around the bolts.
"I'm gonna kill her. I'm gonna kill her." Raven was repeating it over and over.
"She isn't eaven warmed up, Raven. Just relax she doesn't mean it. She's just trying to wind Starfire up." Kim tried reassuring the mage.
Raven suddenly calmed down. "Oh. Good than Starfire will kill her for me." Kim looked at Raven questioningly.
"I told you that is none of your business." Starfire was getting very angry at this point.
"Look at her. She has quite the body. I wouldn't mind gettin a peice of that ass." Shego's grin faded as Starfire dropped from the air and stopped firing energy. "What's the matter? Did I hit a sore spot?"
Starfire roared and rushed Shego. "You are mine." Starfire ignored the balls of plasma that rolled off of her body. Star landed a crushing blow to Shego.
"Calm down little lady. I don't want to hurt you." Shego stated shakily.
"But, it is I who want to hurt you." Starfire said as she missed Shego's lithe form yet again.
"Nah. No more playing." Shego jumped over starfire and climbed onto the girls back. Shego laid a finger on the girls forhead and emitted a carefully controled stream of plasma into Star's brain. Starfire slumped to the ground. Shego picked her up and walked up the hill.
"What did you do to her!" Robin yelled and the titans came to ready.
Kim stepped between them. "Robin. Cool it. It is just a little trick Shego can do to knock someone out. Star will be up in a few hours with a small headache thats all." The titans calmed down.
Shego gently laid the girl down on the ground. "She gets wriled up way too easy." Shego said.
"Did you mean all that?" Raven asked.
Shego lowered her eyes and Kim slapped a hand over her own face. "Why, sweet thing? Do you want some Shego?" Shego's voice was low and sultry. Raven backed off.
"Shego, stop. You're scaring the poor girl." Kim admonished the older woman.
Beastboy smiled broadly. "Wow, you're a lesbian, too."
Shego glared at him as if he was a toad. "No, I'm just willing to try anything once."
"All right, enough. Kim, you're up next. Your opponent will be." Robin was interrupted.
"Oh. Me. I want to fight her. Finally someone who can banter." Jinx waved her hand in the air.
"Fine. Jinx, have a ball." Robin sighed.
The bantering started as they walked down the hill. "So, whats the story between you and Ron?" Jinx asked.
"Been friends since Pre-K" Kim replied.
"Friends with benefits?" Jinx grinned.
Kim was shocked. "No! We did go out for a while, but nothing happened. We broke up and still are friends." Kim settled into her normal stance.
Jinx started moving. "I bet he still want's to get into your pants though." Jinx tried hitting Kim.
Kim danced away from the cartwheeling woman. "I'm sure he does. So, you got a guy?"
"Metal man up there." Jinx landed a kick that knocked Kim off balance.
"Really. How far have you gone?" Kim asked as she tried futily to hit Jinx.
"Well I'll just give you the whole story." Jinx sumorsaulted over Kim and slapped Kim on the back. "I got raped right. My power exploded and turned the three shits into jelly. I went into a coma." Kim tried sweeping Jinx's legs. "When I came to, Cy was there. I knew he cared for me. He took me to the tower than backed off." Jinx's kick landed making Kim go to one knee. "I got better and asked him out. We went out for a long time. He was real cool about the sex thing and never pressed the issue. In my mind I thought he didn't press it 'cause he thought I was damaged goods. Well anyway eventually I got the courage up and asked."
Kim blocked a punch. "What happened?"
"As Starfire would put it, a most glorious night." Jinx doged a kick to her head.
"Really?" Kim doged a sidekick.
"And I'll tell you a little secret." Jinx leaned in close from behind Kim. "Hung like a horse." Jinx quickly jumped away and aimed a Hex at Kim's pants.
The pants pooled around a completely shocked Kim, displaying for the world a set of white cotton panties with a small embroidered care bear. From the top of the hill the laughter started. "Finally it happens to someone other than the Ronster." Ron yelled extending his hands to the sky.
Kim angrily pulled the pants up and held them with one hand, "That was so not cool." Kim said and punched the hysterically laughing Jinx. The blow was meant to throw her off balance, not to send her slamming into one of the rocky projections.
Kim rushed over to the prone Jinx. "You okay? I didn't mean that."
Jinx shook her head. "Where did that come from?"
"I don't know." Kim helped her up. "I guess I don't know my own strength." Kim said helping the young woman up the hill.
"Well it seems someone needs some practice in controlling her strength." Robin said and couldn't help the smile. "Would a care bear plushie work?" The laughter started again.
"I knew you were a goodie two shoes, but Kim. That is just too easy." Shego erupted in uncontollable laughter.
The laughter went on for several minutes before Robin finally called for quiet. "Okay enough. Ron. You and me." Robin started walking down the hill.
Reluctantly Ron followed. Kim turned to the others. "Ron can't fight. Why is Robin doing this."
Jinx laid a hand on Kim's arm. "He probably see's something in him."
"What?" Kim was incredulous.
"Robin is a natural leader. He has no powers, but he can see the potential in someone. He isn't perfect, but he is right more often than not." Raven spoke.
"Trust us Kim. He won't hurt Ron. Too, much." Jinx said.
"Besides, I can heal him." Raven reasured Kim.
Robin settled in a martial arts stance waiting. Ron made an exagerated karate pose and motioned for Robin to come get some. Robin scowled, then lunged at Ron. Ron blocked a few, but many of the hits got through. Ron landed a lucky blow on Robin, splitting the leaders lip. Robin slammed his fist into the side of Ron's head. Robin did it again and Ron was on the ground. Ron looked up at Kim. "Help K. P. Sidekick in trouble."
Robin spit blood onto the ground. "What the hell are you doing!" Robin was yelling. "Stop lying to me. Where is the honor in lying?" Robin delivered a solid kick to Ron's ribs causing the young man to double up on the ground.
Kim tried to go help Ron. She was stopped by Jinx. "Let them do this alone."
Kim continued to fight. "He is my best friend. I have to help him." Kim was silenced by Shego placing a hand on Kim's arm.
"Let the man work Kim. I do it to Drakken all the time. Ron will be okay. I don't think Robin would hurt him too badly." Shego's words were calm.
Kim was shocked that Shego had used her real name. She sighed and watched, helpless.
"I know you will follow her wherever she goes. She cannot be wasting her time trying to protect you. She needs someone to watch her back. How can you do that when you lie to yourself, and to everyone else. Quit hiding and show me what you can do." Robin's words stung the prone Ron.
Ron thought back to Yamanouichi and the promise he had made to Yuri. 'I can't break that promise.' Ron thought to himself. Ron cringed as another kick winded him. 'This guy won't stop untill I reveal it though. Wait Kim has powers. I can blame it on the portal.' Ron smiled. 'The portal.' Ron looked at Kim and nodded. He stood. Ron called to the Lotus Blade. A whistling could be heard as a long staff embedded itself in the rock near Ron. The staff still glowed with heat from its travels. When the metal cooled he grabbed the staff and pulled it free. "Watch out, the Ronster has come out to play."
"That isn't the Ron I know." Kim said quietly.
Robin produced his own staff and stood ready. "Now this is the Ron I want to see." Robin launched and the two began trading blows. They were a blur of action that was very hard for the watchers to follow.
"That is deffinetely not the buffoon. Robin is still holding back though." Shego commented. "C'mon Robin, give him everything!" Shego yelled.
Robin heard the shouted suggestion. He continued to fight eavenly matched. He leapt back from the fight. "Time to take it to the next level." Robin split the staff and held on to the two short sticks. He lept back into the fight.
Ron morphed the Lotus blade into a set of sticks similar to Robin's except that these were slightly rubbery. Ron smiled wickedly feeling the mystical monkey power fill him up. The rubbery sticks would bend around the blocking one's of Robin to deliver full force to the hero's body. "I can go there, too."
Robin leapt away and up and threw one of his explosive disks at Ron. Before his eyes, Robin watched Ron's two sticks change into a Lacross stick. Ron caught the disk and launched it back at Robin. "Shit." Was all Robin said as he launched a boomerang at the oncoming projectile.
"I want cool things to throw." Ron devided up the Lotus blade into eight balls of metal. 'If I can't land a hit I'll make sure he doesn't throw any more stuff at me.' Ron launched the balls at Robin, using his control of the Lotus blade to make them flit about while Robin tried to block them all. Ron rushed in to help his little helpers. Robin was quickly swamped with the number of things coming at him. Robin took many hits untill finally he held up his hands.
"I'm done. You win." Robin said.
The silence on the hill was deafening. Ron morphed the Lotus blade into a necklace, and bowed to Robin. "Thanks for a great fight man."
Robin returned the bow. "Next time I will defeat you."
Beastboy spoke first. "Did I just see what I think I saw?"
Raven smiled. "If what you think you saw was Robin getting his butt handed to him, than yes."
Robin and Ron reached the top of the hill at this point and Ron was being given a wide berth. "What'dya think K.P.?"
Kim looked incredulously at Ron. "Who are you and what have you done with Ron?"
"What are you talkin about K.P?" Ron looked sad. "I guess the portal did give me some powers."
Kim hugged Ron. "I guess. Are you hurt?"
"Nah, I'm fine now." Ron said.
"You just got beaten by an idiot." Cyborg said.
"There is no need to rub it in." Robin said. "We still have half a day left so lets have lunch and after that well do some sparring. Shego I want you to work with Jinx. You and Kim fight way to similar for my tastes. Jinx I want you to try and teach her some of your moves. Ron get with Beastboy. Maybe he can give you some pointers on shapeshifting. And Kim. You and me in the Gym."
Raven picked up Starfire. "What's for lunch?"
"I'll call the pizza guy." Cyborg slid a cellphone from a compartment.
"That's fine." Robin said.
Kim stepped into the gym dressed in a practice Gi that Robin had given her. Robin stood across from her on the mat. "So what is the plan?" Kim asked him.
"I figure just some sparring. I really need you and Shego to advance down different paths when it comes to fighting styles."
"Strength in diversity?" Kim quipped.
"You could say that." Robin smiled. Robin settled into a simple stance. "What we really want to work on is for you to control your strength. I just want to have a little sparring match to see where you are."
"Sounds good. I will try not to hurt you." Kim smiled and settled into a stance.
Robin lunged and Kim esily blocked the blow. Kim countered with a kick to Robin's midsection. Their fight continued as Robin progressively moved faster and faster. 'Got to think faster. Got to anticipate his moves.' Kim thought to herself. Then suddenly the world slowed. Kim watched Robin's flying kick in slow motion an she saw what she had to do. She grabbed his ankle and swung sideways and threw him into one of the padded walls. "Stop. Stop. Something is wrong." Kim heard her words as if they were catching up to her.
When Robin spoke it sounded the same. "What's wrong?"
"The world slowed down." Kim focused on Robin and saw many criscrossing lines clowing on his skin. "And you're glowing."
"Let's get you to the infirmary." Robin took out his comunicator. "Raven, Cyborg. Meet me in the infirmary. Something is wrong with Kim." Robin placed an arm around Kim and led her down the hall to a door marked with a red cross. "Here just sit down here."
Cyborg was waiting. He placed several test probes on Kim's skin and started to analyze the data. "Her brain waves are off the chart. Something is definetely happening."
Raven entered the room. "What's wrong?"
Kim spoke up. "The world is happening so slowly. And I think I am seeing energy." Kim sounded fine if her words were a little fast.
"Raven you think you can get in there and help her stop this?" Robin asked.
Raven nodded. Raven stepped into a large cavern and found Kim sitting down in it. "Kim show me what you see."
"Whoa! Raven. You scared me." Kim spoke naturaly here.
"Now down to business. Show me what you see." Raven spoke hastily.
Kim changed a wall of the cavern to what she saw. Raven studied it for a few moments. "See? This isn't normal, is it?" Kim was scared.
"No, Kim. It isn't. What were you thinkin when it happened?" Raven asked.
"I was thinkin I had to think faster than Robin, to defeat him." Kim stated. "Maybe if I think I have to think normally?"
Raven shrugged. "I would think so. Give it a shot." Raven watched as their display of the surroundings returned to normal. "Excellent."
"Wow. That would give me a huge advantage in a fight." Kim was in awe.
Raven chuckled, "What, besides the super strength?"
Kim chuckled too. "I'm going to try this a few more times. You want to stay?"
"I suppose I could." Raven stated.
Kim turned the weird sight on and off a few times and tried to change the speed with miminal success. "It's like the normal tic-tock of a clock, but I only get the tic. I think thats what I'm going to call it. The Tic."
"This is the first time I've seen anything like this. Maybe the Flash might have it, but I don't know."
"The Flash?"
"Just another superhero. He is incredibly fast."
"How fast?" Kim was interested.
"Running between raindrops fast." Raven said. "Well it looks like you have rudamentary control over this. I'm going to back out now and we can see if it is affecting you physically."
"Okay."
There drakwolfstoppable some mmp for you.