Ok well here's chapter four, thought I might as well get on with it, I have nothing else to do at the mo anyway.

Light was cast into the ruins of the Titans' living room. Almost everything in the room was totalled. The Titans were recovering from the battle, and the figure was helping them all up. Robin called them all to sit around a table and discuss the situation not to mention hear the figure's side of the story.

"Ok everyone, first things first," Robin said, " As you all know, yesterday our new friend here ran into some henchmen claiming that they were working for Slade. So you all know what this means."

"We saved this guys butt?" beast boy asked, jabbing his thumb towards the figure.

"Slade's back," Raven said ignoring Beast Boy's antics.

"I do not understand," Starfire interjected, " how did Slade survive the pool of molten fire?"

"Yeah, my sensors didn't pick up another human signature when we were leaving the cave," Cyborg put in.

"I don't know how, but he must be back," Robin replied. " Why else would those guys go after him and claim they were working for Slade?" Robin asked, inclining his head towards the figure.

"This could all be a trap. This could have nothing to do with Slade and he could be a spy," Raven stated.

The figure spoke:

"That is enough. I am sitting right in front of you, so don't refer to me as 'he' or 'him'."

"Then what should we refer to you as?" Raven said sternly.

"I told you. I don't have a name. Just call me Trikninja, or just Ninja."

"Well Ninja, why don't you tell us what you know?" Raven said with a sour look on her face.

"The group you defeated were men I've met before. They came into my home and offered me a chance to join their leader, though they did not mention his name was Slade until our last encounter. I turned the offer down obviously."

"Where are you from? Where is your home?" Robin interjected.

"I came to this place from Japan. That is all you need to know. Nothing else about my past should have any relevance."

"That's all you've got to say?" Raven replied critically.

"There's nothing else you need to know."

"Easy Raven. It's not like you to get worked up over something like this," Robin said wide-eyed.

"No! We ask him for a bit of his history and he gives us one sentence? That really makes it easy for us to trust you, doesn't it?" Raven said glaring at the figure.

"What does my history have to do with anything? You are all a team, but I can tell you know next to nothing about each other's pasts. I'll tell you about my past when you tell me about yours."

Raven fell silent as she came to realize the obviousness of the truth in that response. As the figure Trikninja said his words, it dawned on the Titans that they knew only vague histories about each other, pieced together from their experiences during their partnership. The Titans remained silent, not wanting to admit to what the figure had said, or to even look each other in the eye. This silence lasted a few minutes, only to be broken by the tower's emergency alarm.

Robin, glad to have the mood-breaker, called the Titans to action.

"There's a disturbance downtown. Titans, lets go!"

The Titans quickly rose from the table and made their way out. The figure followed but as he came to the doorway it suddenly turned black and the figure bumped into a force field.

Raven's voice called from behind the force field.

"Stay here, we don't know if we can trust you yet. We'll decide when we come back."

The figure remained silent as the Titans left the tower and made their way downtown.

When they got there, a group of men were in the middle of a bank robbery. The criminals in question wore the same attire and carried weapons similar to the ones used by the group of men who had attacked the figure the night before.

"Hurry it up you fools!" the leader shouted. "Before we attract unwanted attention!"

An accountant at the head register was held at gunpoint and was crying from fear. The henchman holding the gun got angry and shouted at the woman.

"SHUT UP OR I'LL SHOOT YOU RIGHT NOW!" the henchman yelled.

At that point the woman screamed. The henchman lost his temper and pulled the trigger. A resounding bang was heard and all the civilians present screamed or ducked. The henchman stared at the woman through a black, glowing circle that had appeared out of nowhere. Floating in the center of it was the bullet that had just been fired. The henchman gasped as the bullet floated from the circle and lodged itself up his nose. The henchman staggered back and tried to pull it out until a thick blue beam connected with his back and sent him flying into a wall.

"BOO-YAAH!"

"Titans, GO!" the familiar call ran out and the Titans dispersed in practiced formation.

"We don't have time to waste here. Finish this as quickly as possible!" Robin called out.

Beast boy was the first to take action. By turning himself into a massive anaconda, he wrapped around the henchmen, holding them tight. Cyborg then used his sonic cannon to blow a large circle around the bound henchmen to prevent them from leaving. Beast Boy then turned into an eagle and flew through the air, pecking and scratching at the eyes of the men, confusing them and distracting them from the grappling cable that was being flung around them by Robin. Tightening the cable with a little help from Cyborg, Robin called for Starfire to use a starbolt to melt the ground underneath the men and hold them there. Raven was the final attacker. She concentrated her powers on the velvet ropes used to mark where people should line up. The ropes turned black and floated into the air, and then bound themselves tightly around some men who were trying to run for the exit. As a final touch, Raven directed her arms upward and the ropes hooked themselves to the ceiling, leaving the men dangling.

"Good job Titans. Now let's get back," Robin instructed.

The Titans hurried back to the tower. Raven created a hole in the force field that she had left behind and the Titans walked through. They found the figure Trikninja sitting at a table, cross-legged and drinking some of Raven's herbal tea.

"That's…. my tea" Raven said, obviously irate.

"Yes, I grew impatient and brewed some. I hope you don't mind."

Raven turned bright red and a small vein started to pop in her forehead.

"Good job Raven" Robin said as he took a seat at the table, "your force field kept him here."

"First of all, I have told you not to refer to me as 'him'. And second of all, she did not keep me here. I chose to stay."

"Oh yeah? Prove it Mr. Kung-Fu," Beast boy teased.

"Very well," the figure said with a sigh as he stood up. He drew his staff and walked towards the door. Stopping in front of it, he looked over his shoulder at Robin.

"Raven, a force field please." Robin said with a grin.

Raven closed her eyes and recited her mesmerizing incantation: Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos! She then opened her eyes, which were now glowing white, and the door way was covered with a thick, black wall. From the look of the force field and that of Raven's face in concentration, it was obvious that this was the strongest force field she could create. The figure said nothing but stood in front of the force field, surveying it closely.

"Hah! Can't break it can ya ninja-boy?" Cyborg gloated.

The figure laughed softly and held his staff to the force field while channelling just enough power to make the staff glow. When he tapped the center of the solid field, it shattered like a piece of cheap glass. All of the Titans, especially Raven, stared blanked eyed and slack jawed as the figure Trikninja took his seat once more.

"Its rude to stare you know." The figure said without looking up at them and before taking a sip of his tea.

Robin shook his head to regain his senses and spoke.

"You just…but…how did you…?" Robin stuttered.

"Yeah…. what he said…" Beast boy added, still dumbstruck.

"It is all about focus. If you can learn to focus your mind and energy, you can do things you had never dreamed possible."

"Is this the focus you speak of?" Starfire asked, powering up a starbolt in her palm.

"No. Your power works by focusing one emotion, such as anger. I am talking about focusing all of your emotions and strength. I can teach you all how, if you wish." The Titans all looked at each other, and then nodded. All except for raven, who remained silent, a little suspicious, and hidden by her hood.

"I guess we're up for it," Robin smiled.

"Very well, tomorrow I will teach you. And get your rest tonight. You are going to need it."

The figure Trikninja stood and left the room. The Titans soon departed to their own bedrooms thereafter, to ready themselves for their training tomorrow.

I think that's an ok place to leave it. Don't expect regular updates, ill update whenever the hell I feel like it. cya round. Peace.
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