10/22/06
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"Go!" Cyborg yelled. Robin threw a few disks to start off. Kerri used the to send them on a different path. Robin ran forward sending a kick at her, but Kerri dodged it and got on her wind ball. She got behind him and held her bo-staff to his back and mimicked his steps, staying behind him. She was planning on doing that until he got around it.
"You do you think will win?" Starfire asked aloud in curiosity.
"Kerri." Beast Boy said.
"Robin." Cyborg said at the same time as him. He looked at Beast Boy, "You must be kidding man. Robin will surely win."
"But he doesn't know what she can do. She has a chance of winning." Beast Boy pointed out.
"Are you deaf? He just named off her style of fighting." He yelled at Beast Boy, "Besides, she doesn't know what Robin has up his sleeve either."
"That, and Robin beat you up twenty times in one day kind of makes it seem like he has the advantage." Raven remarked.
"No!" Beast Boy shouted, "He beat me nineteen time. I won that last one." He said as if that was impressive.
"Right, I forgot, he let you win that last one." Raven said.
"He did not! I won fair in square!" Beast Boy pouted, "Besides, why would he let me win? As far as I know he doesn't get any benefit from that."
"Remember? You said that you wouldn't give up until you beat him at least once." Cyborg pointed out, "He got bored of beating your butt so many times."
"I still say that Kerri's going to win." Beast Boy pouted, looking back to the fight. Kerri wasn't able to stay behind Robin for very long, but she expected that much. Robin threw a couple of smoke disks in her direction and a puff of smoke appeared. She used her wind to blow it away, though it did take her a second to respond to it. When it was cleared, Robin already had his bo-staff out and was coming at her from above. She jumped back and Robin landed where she was. Kerri then landed on the edge of the tower, she could jump pretty far due to her powers. The bad news is that her foot landed half on the tower and half off, and she fell backwards.
"Kerri!" Beast Boy yelled. Starfire flew by as quick as possible past the edge of the tower and started to go down when she stopped. The other titans were at the edge of the tower looking down too. Kerri wasn't there.
"What has happened to our friend?" Starfire asked confused, "I do not seem to see her." The others were just as confused as she was.
"She controls the wind. So, can she ride on it?" Robin asked not sure of what happened either.
"You mean fly?" Cyborg asked. Robin shrugged, he didn't know what else it could have been, but he didn't think she could fly. Starfire was just about to circle the tower to look for Kerri when she stopped at the voice of someone behind them.
"Trust me, I've tried to fly. It didn't work to well. But apparently, with this I can, basically, ride the wind." The Titans turned around and saw Kerri there. Starfire flew up at the sound of her voice and shrieked with joy.
"Friend! You are unharmed!" She flew quickly towards giving her a big hug, which started to suffocate Kerri.
"At this rate I won't be for very long." She said as clear as she could. Starfire let go still smiling, then noticing Kerr-'s bo-staff which she dropped when Starfire hugged her. At least, she believed it to be her bo-staff. It was different. Before it was a normal pole, but now there where two pairs of green wings, which matched her Kerri's shirt, connected to the sides. One near the top and a smaller pair at the bottom. "What is this?" She asked picking it up in curiosity. The others were now behind Starfire examining it to.
"It's my Wind Rider. I've tried flying on my own, and like I mentioned my tries didn't work to well. I've tried a bunch of designs before that may allow to fly, none of them worked much either, but this one did!" Kerri answer excited as Starfire handed it back to her. She taped it on the ground and the winds jolted back inside of the original structure.
"Well, that's interesting. If your little spar's over I'm heading back inside." Raven said heading for the door. Kerri watched as Raven passed, she looked back when she heard Robin's voice.
"What do you say. Tie?"He held out his hand and Kerri shook it.
"Until next time." She challenged.
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"Kerri?" Beast Boy asked as he opened the door to the roof. It was night now. Most of the Titans were asleep, but Kerri wasn't and neither was Beast Boy.
"Hey." He heard a greeting. He walked out and saw her. She was looking at the stars on the edge of the roof.
"What are you doing out here alone?" He asked in curiosity.
"I like the stars." She answered plainly still looking at them. Beast Boy walked over to where she was sitting and he looked at the sky too.
"We normally don't get this many out here." Beast Boy said examining them, "They are really nice when you get a lot." She smiled and looked at him as he sat down next to her.
"This is nothing. With all the lights of Jump City you can only see so much. When you get away from the city there are so many." She said.
"I guess you'd know." He said. There as a small silence as Kerri drew her attention back to the stars, "You said you traveled before you came to Jump City. What type of places to you go to?" She didn't expect that question. She looked down at the lake shore that lead to the island.
"Oh, you know... Here and there." She paused as if she was looking for the right words, "I guess you could say that I've seen a lot of places." He watched her. There was a silence and it was weird, for a second she looked as if she were staring off into blank space. She just sat there staring at nothing.
"Kerri?" He asked making sure she was okay. She blinked.
"Sorry. I was just..." She paused, "...thinking." Beast Boy smiled.
"You were great in the spar earlier today." He said, "You really know how to use your powers."
"I'm good with controlling my wind powers, but my ability to phase doesn't come natural to me. If I'm at the point where it's most crutial to use I tend to freak out and it doesn't work right. I don't phase. I can use it perfectly when I'm calm though, like just walking through a wall on a daily basis."
"So you can't control that power well. That's perfectly fine, Terra." He said. Kerri looked up a bit confused, "What's wrong?" He asked.
"You just called me Terra." Kerri said she looked at him.
"I did?" He didn't even realize he made that mistake, "Sorry." Kerri studied him. She could see a small sadness surrounding him.
"I've heard Raven mention her name before. Who is she?" Kerri asked.
"She was a friend, a teen titan." Beast Boy's voice softened.
"Was? What happened to her."
"She fell under the influences." He simply stated, "Now, she doesn't remember anything, not even me. She's just a regular school girl now." Kerri was silent. She looked in the opposite direction.
"Beast Boy, I..." She started. He looked up at her, "I..." She looked back down at the shores of the small island and closed her eyes, thinking, "I'm getting tired. I think I'll head back in."
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Me too." He said a bit surprised by her statement. He didn't quite expect that. She looked as if she was having second thoughts about coming out with it, but it was something simple like that. He just let it pass by him though. They both stood up and headed back into the tower.
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Wow! I felt kind of guilty that this took longer than I expected. I had my other fight scene planned way before I wrote it, but this time I needed some sort of action to bring out her Wind Rider and I couldn't figure out which villain to use in a crime, so I threw that spar in at the last second of the previous chapter. Then I had to plan that scene, which caused a short delay. Sorry for the delay after the mean cliff hanger.
More news. I've come up with this idea. When I'm done writing this chapter, I plan on making a sequel. The whole thing's going to be from Kerri's view, even from before she met the titans. Just to let you guys know that when this is done, still look out for the next story.
Disclaimer: Kerri's Wind Rider was designed to be like Aang's Glider in the Avatar: Last Airbender.