Please read the author's note at the end of the chapter-
This chapter's something to mix it up, tell me, did you see this coming?
Thanks, JoWashington
Miko was sleeping after having a mini-marathon of watching 'Mork and Mindy' with Cyborg, Beast Boy, and oddly enough, Aqua-Lad.
~~She was teasing her teammates over her not instigating the stink-ball battle.
"Don't lie to me Kikyo…." Robin said calling her on her bluff. "It's written all over your face…"
"Shazbot! I've broken out in words!" Miko said her hands covering her cheeks in shock.
"You know the Okarans?" Star-Fire asked pleasantly surprised. "I knew that a few had traveled to Earth, but I did not know-"
"Watch the Plookie!" Miko burst out interrupting Star-Fire's train of thought.
Star-Fire grinned and put her hand up in the 'V' for Victory symbol the other Teen Titans gathered around her recognizing the sentiment and semi-action of their teammates. And oddly enough, Raven was grinning. An odd occurrence in itself… When no flash was indicated, Star-Fire stuck her tongue out at Miko. "That was almost as low as a Nebajche'z!"
"And yet it still worked…" Miko said, grinning.~~ That was when Miko woke up.
"Okay… That… was weird." Deciding to grab some breakfast, as it was currently 5:34 in the morning, it was going to be a breakfast bar, Miko went down to their makeshift-squad room, and find something else wrong with the issue at hand.
She was surprised to see Etrigan and Fate in the Squad room, with Robin, whom she wasn't as surprised to see.
She glanced around the room and pinched herself, making sure that she was awake.
"Good- you're here…" Robin said, then introduced her to the 'Lord of Order', Fate. "I was just telling them the issue that we've encountered…"
"And you let them down here?" Miko asked wondering at her leaders sanity.
"I have a reliable source that says that demons cannot be cloned or copied in any way." Robin said.
"And although it may be possible to copy this body, I am Nabu and cannot be so done. I am a Lord of Order and have no physical body on this plane, unlike yourself my Lady…"
"O-okay…Still no luck with the semi-mystical glowing green-ness of the bay?" Miko said still unsure as to the whole situation.
"Of all oceans actually, remember…?" Robin said, pulling up a satellite image of the world at the same time as yesterday afternoon.
"Alright…" Miko said turning to the only adults in the room, deciding to trust in the decision of her leader. "So play by play is that we discover that we have been for a time, cut off from communications with the Justice League, then there's something off with the JLU Vault Tower, and then simultaneously, all aquatic life in the oceans disappears in a pulsing semi-mystical green light, and the only person who's able to tell us about it is Aqua-Lad, the protégé of Aqua-Man, who also is the last to get attacked by the green light presumably because he's not a threat, until he decides to warn his allies, the Teen Titans about the problem as Atlantis was also cut off from communications, and the only thing that kept him from disappearing into the apparently tearing, green light, is my power which ensconced him and beat the green away from him long enough for our teammate to get him to land…"
"This is a calculated attempt…" Fate said after Miko had finished summarizing.
"Yeah- but what or who would have that kind of pull?" Miko asked.
There was a faint chime from the stairs; a completely different chime would indicate whether a Titan was coming with a guest or not.
Beast Boy came downstairs yawning… "Sorry, I just woke up… I had a thought that was bothering me…" He said as he finished descending the stairs to plop his tush into his chair. "What if it's someone out of time dealing with a Chaos guy?" He said gesturing to Fate.
"What made you think of this green-one?" Etrigan asked.
"Miko did…" Beast Boy said roughing his hair. "From what I know of where she comes from and what she did, she was a source of order 500 years ago, and developed ties with those from then…"
"I am aware of her efforts…" Fate said. "She was most beneficial during that Time-period, she is a Lady of Order, and had been given charge of defeating a pawn of Chaos…"
"Right, so… I know that she hadn't dealt with anyone with green energy of the magnitude that we're dealing with, so what if the person we're dealing with is like Warp? From the Future?"
"It's too bad we can't find out…" Miko said. "It's not like we have a data-base for the future heroes of the world, or universe for that matter…"
"Indeed, for such a thing would mean changing the course of time-" Fate added.
Miko and Robin frowned as one. Then Robin turned to face his female teammate, Beast Boy imitating his move. "You said that you're immune to the forces of time right?"
"Um, yes?" Miko answered questioningly. She turned her head swearing that she heard another chime indicating another Titan coming downstairs.
"Indeed she is…" Youkai answered as he too descended the stairs. "Mother has sensed a change in the winds, and father approves of my suit."
"And as she is a Lady of Order, she would be immune to the forces of time. From what the Universe has told me, your power accessed and activated a Time Portal…"At Miko's start, he consoled her. "It was supposed to be the way it was; steel is tempered by flames, and mettle is tested in battle."
"That's supposed to make me feel better?" Miko questioned.
"What I am proposing is that I send you and these here to the far distant future to assess what or whom may have access to this type of power…"
"You can do that?" Beast Boy asked.
"Etrigan has given me access to his mystical items. The power imbued in these items as well as your own vivacity, should allow us to send you to that and whom knows of the owner of this obscure power." Fate explained, not fully explaining anything.
"Is Etrigan coming?" Robin asked.
"No, I have need of him as a counter-part in the spell." Fate answered. "It shall be the four of you."
"Four?" Beast Boy probed.
"Wait- how did you get down here?" Miko asked Youkai. To her knowledge, he wasn't a true Titan and didn't have a pass code.
"I gave him one Miko, don't worry." Robin said gathering some different items for his utility belt. "I trust him, and he trusts you, full circle. It'll be fine, and you know how easy it is to get me to trust someone…" The last bit was said satirically.
"Bet you're easier than Batman…" Miko muttered under her breath.
Youkai heard her mutter, and decided to allay her reservations. "I checked with Father, Miko. It is impossible to replicate or for that matter, clone a Demon." It was then that Miko knew who Robin's source was. Not that the threat of a mole wasn't stoking her paranoia or anything...
"Has it been tried?" She asked him, her brows forming a frown behind her mask.
"Does Naraku not come to mind?"
"Does he count?" Miko asked, being obstinate.
"Yes." Fate said interceding in their conversation.
"Miko, you must gather what you need, they will not have the equipment that you use in the future…" Etrigan stated.
"And you would know this how?"
"They do not have the equipment that I used in the past…" He said, turning to address Fate.
"Okay, point…" She looked to her cousin. "Meet back here in twenty?"
"Make it ten." Robin said from behind a desk.
"Ten." Beast Boy agreed, and together they went upstairs to gather what they thought they would need for encountering the future.
Within the allotted time, the cousins were back downstairs. "Wait- what about the rest of the team?" Beast Boy queried the adults.
"The best time to do this spell is at sunrise and the ingredients we gathered do have a time-limit." Etrigan stated.
"O-okay then… What do we do?"
"All that needs to be done is one the information has been found that you find my current host, I will proceed to redirect you to this time…" Fate said.
"Can we not use the word host for you Fate? I mean- it makes it sound like you're a parasite…" Youkai put forward.
"What do you suggest?" Fate asked, his eyes already glowing with the start of the spell.
"Why not Benefactor?" Robin asked.
"Backer?" Miko put forward.
"Supporter?" Beast Boy added.
"I will consider this… In the mean time, gather yourselves into a circle facing outward and join hands." Fate said, before reciting an ancient and convoluted spell.
It was taking several minutes, before the Titans noted something… Off.
The Squad room was getting decidedly lighter. Then they noticed that the floor had the distinct look of buildings from fifty stories up.
The room suddenly flashed away in an orb of light and the Titans found themselves falling.
There was only momentary confusion before instincts and training kicked in. Robin moved for a grappler, but Beast Boy transformed into a Pterodactyl and landed Robin neatly on his shoulders. Youkai neatly created a youki cloud beneath his feet and zoomed after Miko catching her bridal style before setting her on her feet on the cloud.
"Where are we?" Youkai asked.
"Would we be safe to say that we're in Jump City?" Miko asked of her leader.
"Not likely, if by what you went through is what we're dealing with…" Robin said scanning the horizon.
Beast Boy had a questioning look on his beak.
"Her whole traveling to a parallel dimension to ours…?" Robin cued his teammate as they landed on the roof of a nearby building.
"Alright kids, who are-"
The Titans turned to the voice to see a bunch of teens their age.
"…you."
Oddly enough… One of them was Superman.
"No way! You're Robin!" Said the overweight kid in blue and black with yellow goggles.
"And Beast Boy, Miko, and Youkai!" Declared an awestruck, green robotic-like teammate of the first.
"Who?"
"Superman- these four are members of the original Teen Titans." Said the teen hero with red hair and a lightning scar across his eye.
"The… Who, again?"
Since the other group of superhero teenagers knew who they were already, Robin had Miko scan for the mystical energy that the bay gave off in their original timeline.
Seconds later, she shook her head. "Too much tachyon and mystical interference, to get a decent trail…"
"What's going on? Maybe we can help…" suggested the wolf-looking teen.
"Okay here's the deal: We've got a possible major baddie cross-timeline team-up thing going on. The adults minus two won't believe us about a foothold for the JLU, oceans are glowing green and its life is nada, and usual comms are whack…" Beast Boy summarized.
"Oh…" Said the girl with white, purple and orange hair. "In the mean time- would you care for a quick tour/patrol of New Metropolis?"
"Sorry guys. The sooner we find the cause to our disturbance, the sooner you can get back to your usual…" Robin trailed off, not sure what they did in New Metropolis. "Your usual." He finished semi-lamely.
"This kind of is our usual…" Superman said with a shrug. "We're the main branch of the Legion of Superheroes… They found me to help them take down the Fatal Five, brought me from the past, to here, and I've been helping them, help me, ever since…"
The four of the Teen Titans shared a look.
The blond with pink eyes stepped forward. "I'm Saturn Girl, this is Lightning Lad, Timberwolf, Triplicate-Girl, Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Phantom-Girl, and Superman."
"You said the oceans glowed green?" The- Brainiac 5 questioned Beast Boy.
"Yeah-" Beast Boy verified, confused.
"There's only one enemy of ours who can do that…" Bouncing Boy said. A frown crossing his face as he crossed his arms.
"The Emerald Empress…" Phantom-Girl said with finality.
"Who is the Emerald Empress?" Robin asked, his form stating that he wanted his questions answered, and answered now.
"She's the leader of the Fatal Five…" Triplicate-Girl said rubbing her arms. "And she almost beat us when we first recruited Superman…"
Youkai was definitely interested in this bit of explanation. "Explain." He said in a tone that mirrored his father's.
"Why don't I show you?" Saturn Girl suggested and her eyes glowed pink.
It took less than a minute, but by the time they were through, they knew how well the Legion of Superheroes worked together, kind of like them…
Brainiac 5 and Bouncing Boy suggested that they join them at Legion HQ. Robin and Youkai were apprehensive, wanting to get back home, but Miko and her cousin coerced them into it. In order to get back home, they were going to have to find Fate anyways…
Robin paused in following his teammates and their impromptu hosts. "Miko, within the first couple days of being in Jump you mentioned a dark energy destroying half of Kyushu?"
Miko paused in her trek and thought back to it, she did indeed mention the incident, but she'd made the comment out of levity at the time. However, thinking back in conjunction with it, the fish from her second day, and the current situation at hand, something was definitely brewing, and it wasn't coffee.
"Yeah- I did; what villains do we know that could do such a thing and generate that amount of power?" Miko asked her team leader.
"I have an idea, but I want to see where it'll take me…"
"Super-Villain team-up?" Miko asked wryly.
"Any way that you look at this, it isn't good." Robin concurred without mentioning it. "Come on, BB isn't going to slow down…" He said grabbing her hand and running with her after the Legion and their teammates. When they caught up, Youkai looked at their conjoined hands with a pointedly raised eyebrow. They were confused at first, and looked down to their hands before jerking free and giving each other incredulous looks. BB was oblivious, as most always, but he was talking animatedly with Timberwolf and could be forgiven.
They were generously invited into the Legion's Headquarters and Home, and told to "make themselves welcome, for as long as they'd like".
Within hours of inactivity however, Robin asked to use the Legion's training facility, and grabbed Miko's hand.
"Kikyo… You said that your adoptive brother trained you?" Robin asked, the Legionnaire's and fellow Titans followed them curiously.
"Yeah- he nearly killed me twice- no… six…twelve… well, at least four times a week…" she finally summed up. The Legionnaires were stunned by this admission; maybe life in Superman's past was a lot worse than they thought.
"So, why don't you work out with us?" Robin requested as he pushed Miko towards their teammates and the door to the training room.
"Yeah- you could try the work-out course with us!" Beast Boy cheered. "You do have a workout course, right?" He asked the Legionnaires as a latter thought.
Lightning Lad nodded. "We do, let's see what you Titans can do!" He said rubbing his hands together in glee as he headed to the control panel. He couldn't wait to upstage the famous Teen Titans and their famous leader.
The Titan's nodded, and walked calmly into training facility, descending the spiraling steps to get to the main floor. Once inside, Robin pulled them off to the side and whispered, lisping slightly, in order to make it quieter, his instructions.
~"Okay guys… and gal-"~ Bouncing Boy said from the microphone in the control booth. ~"We're going to put you through a simulation, the harder it gets the higher the level; tell us when you're ready to stop…"~
"What's the highest level the Legion's passed?" Robin called out, in askance.
~"Level Eight…"~ Came Brainiac 5's voice. ~"Training sequence starting, Now."~
"Wait a minute…" Triplicate-Girl said inside the booth. "They don't have flight rings like we have… And level 5 requires flight capability…"
"Let's just see how they do…" Timberwolf said as he observed the Titans below the control booth.
"I think they'll surprise us…" Saturn Girl said in confidence. They were the Teen Titans, the history books couldn't be completely wrong about them! Even if their battles were glorified, there had to be some truth to the tales!
It quickly became evident that the Titans were good at what they did… Very Good. Their weakness' and strengths were cohesively meshed with their teammates, where one fell, they were pulled up and aided, only to return the favor within minutes. Even Robin, and Miko had some stumbles.
"Is that a T-Rex?" Bouncing Boy asked Brainiac 5.
"That is Beast Boy in a Tyrannosaurus Rex form, yes."
"You know you're taking the fun out of this…" Bouncing Boy said dully to his robotic teammate.
~…*…~
"Wow…" Superman said after glancing at the console. "They've reached level 5..."
"New record…" Phantom-Girl said in appraisement, after glancing at the time; 18:12 and still counting.
"You're right…" Lightning Lad said, "but this is where they'll fail… Not one of them can fly." He said with certainty.
The others chose not to discourage him. The Titan's were amazing, watching them fight was like seeing how well the inside of a Rolex worked. Incredibly intricate and yet amazingly well coordinated, not one piece isolated from a complex movement.
"Are they actually fighting, on a cloud?" Saturn Girl asked her teammates.
Brainiac 5 focused his eyes, and verified. "They are, but it's impossible…"
"Apparently not…" Superman said watching the Teen Titans with admiration.
Youkai had used his energy to form his Youki cloud under the feet of his teammates. It was one of his lesser abilities, and so, forming a great expanse and different levels of it in order for his teammates to fight on was practically nothing for his energy usage, or concentration.
Beast Boy transformed into an anaconda and twisted his form around the legs and around the body of their current opponent, a rather comical version of Killer Moth, but much more moth-like, with acid-spit. Miko used her Tessen to make strikes against the wings and legs actually using some of the intricate and ancient Japanese dances interlaced with her martial moves. Meanwhile Robin maneuvered to use exploding bird-a-rangs to the back of it's head. Normally he wouldn't use this move against an opponent unless there was no other way, but since this was a training session, he was going all out.
Upon his order: "Titans- Move!" they pushed away from the opponent and allowed the 'rangs to explode. Not that it did any good… Miko frowned and generated her powers into the Tessen, she decided to take a page out of Kagura's book and using her powers, accessed the power of nature itself, specifically the wind, and used Hurricane force winds to hold the wings of the 'Killer-Moth' while tearing them to shreds. Beast Boy turned into a poisonous spider from Australia and bit the moth under both eyes, injecting his venom which caused extreme pain and due to the proximity of its eyes, exacerbated blindness as well due to its thrashing.
Youkai took advantage of it and using his acid-whip, completely tore off the wings with consecutive jerks and Robin used a bolo to secure the rest of the body on the cloud.
~…*…~
They had just finished level 8, which meant 'being' on another planet with completely different climate and gravity, at which neither Miko nor Youkai were bothered with… Apparently, being related to Demons was a very good thing as it made you less susceptible to environmental changes.
The scenario suddenly changed and Youkai directed them to the ground to go up against a Mad Scientist, his workers and his mutated minions well numbering into the hundreds.
"You upped field resistance didn't you." Bouncing Boy accused Lightning Lad. Normally they fought just under a hundred mutated minions; this was too much, even for the complete Legion.
"Who me?"
"A Field Resistance of 12 at Level 9? Lightning Lad… We didn't even get that far with normal resistance…" Phantom Girl said scandalously.
"Garth! How could you? You want them to fail… Admit it!" Triplicate Girl and Saturn Girl accused him.
"If they're the Famous Teen Titans, they can handle it." He said not feeling ashamed at all.
"Titans! Control Freak, and Mad Mod! Take Them Down!" Robin declared.
"Who and who?" Superman asked his teammates, who shrugged and continued watching the battle. They were beat within minutes, hopefully the Titans could do better.
"Teen Titans! GO!" Was Robin's battle-cry. It was obvious that the Titans had a plan because Youkai leapt into the fray and withdrawing a glowing green whip, spun himself in a circle and used it to lash into the mutations. While Beast Boy transformed himself into a hawk and flew into the air aiming for the workers' eyes, at the very last second however, he flew close to the ground and transformed into a charging bison and through their ranks.
Using Robin's hands, Miko threw herself into the air and withdrawing three arrows, fired them by 45 degree angles into the mass of mutated minions, shouting, "Youkai! Move!" as she did so.
Youkai heard her and leapt into the air using his cloud to keep him elevated from the Holy Powers of his teammate.
The consequential pink streaks taking out a hundred minions each, leaving dust and a more manageable battle-field behind. She landed gracefully and replaced her bow, withdrawing instead a long-sword from the "pocket" of her hakama on her right leg. Youkai followed her move and landed on the ground beside her and Robin and withdrew his sword as well, which- to Miko, looked incredibly like Tetsusaiga.
Robin went for the leader with Youkai for backup, leaving Beast Boy and Miko to deal with the armed workers.
"I think they're going to make it…" Timberwolf said a smirk crossing his face, "imagine that… Right, Lightning Lad…?" He said leadingly
"Dumb luck." Lightning Lad said brushing the occurrence off.
Robin and Youkai had just defeated the Mad Scientist, and had ascended their team to the next level, when Miko called a halt to the "training-sequence".
"What's wrong?" Lightning Lad asked jeeringly. "Not tired, are you?"
Miko glared at him. "No, we can still kick your can around the course if you want, but I got a bead on the energy!" She said with enthusiasm to her teammates.
Robin gave a fierce nod and they raced to the spiraling staircase.
"What's their score?" Bouncing Boy asked Brainiac 5 as he saw the Titans leave the training room.
The rest of the Legionnaires also looked to Brainiac 5, who smiled at the console in front of him.
"With the heightened field resistance at level 9..." He look accusingly at Lightning Lad. "Total Team Score: 29,754,672, Injuries: Zero, Levels Completed: 1-9 Complete, Time: 39:21." He said as the Titans ran into the room.
"We need a lift, where's your nearest transport?" Robin demanded of the Legionnaires.
"We don't have one," Timberwolf said apologetically. "We have the capability of flight…" He said showing off a gold ring with an L and a Star encased in a circle
Robin grumbled about the future, and called out: "Titans! Let's Go!"
The Titans raced outside and with the aid of Beast Boy and Youkai flew to where Miko felt the source of energy, which had the same feel as the Bay and Oceans did.
"It's due east and in the upper atmosphere!" She declared as the Titans rose in altitude.
"Right!" Robin acknowledged. They reached it shortly to find a glowing green orb. Miko and Robin were concerned about its passivity and chose not to destroy it, instead, bringing it back down to the ground and specifically Legion HQ.
Meditating, as Youkai flew them back to the ground, Miko concentrated on the orb. There seemed to be anchors tethering it to this world, and… upon further inspection, this time. Causing Miko to come to the conclusion that the Emerald Empress wanted, no matter what might transpire in her distant past, (the Teen Titan's present,) or the future to remain the same…
Miko came out of her meditation as soon as Youkai's feet touched the ground. "We need to take this to Fate… None of the Legionnaires can handle what this is, and should it be destroyed, then it would be the end of their time as they know it…" Miko said matter-of-factly, loud enough for Beast Boy and Robin to hear.
Mentally, Robin agreed with her thoughts on the orb, and knew that the only person that had the ability to handle something like this was the same entity that had sent them to this time.
Bouncing Boy, Saturn Girl and Brainiac 5 met them outside the Legion Headquarters.
"Did you find it?"
"We did…" Robin acceded. "Where can we find Fate, the Sorcerer Supreme?"
No sooner than Robin had spoken the request, then Fate appeared.
"I have awaited you…" The entity said, his voice echoing inside the helmet. "Follow me." He said turning to float through the golden energy ankh behind him.
The Titans shared a look, and Brainiac 5 tossed a disk, which Robin caught and stored in his utility belt; and as a team, they followed Fate into the glowing ankh.
They landed lightly in Fate's Tower, their feet making a slight echoing noise in the silence.
"What have you found?" Fate asked the team.
Miko held up the glowing green orb and allowed it to float into Fate's outstretched hand.
"This is most troubling…" Fate said moving to the side as he considered the orb. "The future is ever changing. Time itself is being constrained, and so it lashes out at those it does not deem welcome. But this… This bodes ill…" He placed the orb under a bell-jar, and as soon as the glass touched the wooden surface beneath it, the energy was amplified and those with non-magical sight were able to see what Fate and Miko saw easily.
There were lines, red, black, and pitch-purple energy ley lines that crossed and wove themselves into the very essence of what and where and when they were.
"The only thing that has the capability to cause such a disturbance, is chaos itself, or some agent of it…" Fate said.
"Klarion." Robin said with certainty.
"Most probable… He is a Lord of Chaos." Fate said nodding.
When Miko looked in apprehension at the orb, Fate took heed.
"I shall watch over the orb. As beings of Order, we change things for the better. Do not fear Lady. All is not lost…." He placed a hand on her shoulder, giving it a hearting squeeze. "I shall now proceed with the spell to bring you back from the time whence you came…" Once again an intricate and convoluted spell was chanted and the Titans found the room to grow lighter in color before once again they found themselves in the air and falling.
"Why can't we, for once, be on the ground?" Robin demanded of no one. Which was good because none of his teammates had an answer.
Youkai and Beast Boy once again took point, catching their teammates and landing them safely on the roof of a nearby building.
"Now where are we?" Beast Boy demanded.
Youkai was looking into the distance. "Star City." He said succinctly.
"What? How the heck did we get here?" BB demanded again.
"You're a demanding creature, are you not…" Youkai said not really questioning Beast Boy.
"Only when Reason's out sick and forgot to send for a substitute!" Beast Boy said his face turning pink, which was odd considering his normal green color. "Man I'm beat! Nine HARD battles in under forty minutes? I could use a nap!" He said yawning after the fore-statement.
Youkai rolled his eyes. "Come on…" He said and formed his orb around the rest of them and orbed them to Titan's Tower in Jump City. They landed on the roof and trudged unsteadily downstairs to the multi-purpose room.
"Friends! Where have you been?" Star-Fire asked them as they stumbled in and sat down on the couch to relax.
Aqua-Lad was nowhere in sight, but Robin hoped he was out getting more clues and insight into the bizarre occurrences surrounding Jump City, the Aquatic Life and the JLU's sudden behavioral change.
"Metropolis…" Robin said around a yawn.
"But when did you go?" Cyborg asked them, leaning over the back of the couch to look at his leader. "Tower logs say you never left, you didn't even check out of the squad-room…"
"When's a good word for it…" Beast Boy answered rubbing his eyes. All that weird stuff for snacks and then the "training", and finding the orb, he, they, were beat.
"But the good news is, we have a lead." Kikyo said fighting back a stretch.
"What's the lead?" Raven asked the only other mythical member of the Teen Titans.
"Klarion- bum, bum, bum: The Witch Boy." Youkai said. "I need coffee…" He muttered, widening his eyes trying to stay awake. This was his third week without sleep and it was time to recuperate his energy, but he needed to stay awake to help the Titans.
"Why: 'bum, bum, bum'?" Star-Fire questioned Youkai.
"It just slipped out. I don't know why…" He said shaking his head quickly trying to stay awake. The three others had already succumbed to slumber's embrace.
"So- when did you go? It's like barely, 6:30, AM!"
"New Metropolis, somewhere in the far distant future, where we're heralded and glorified, but the facts of our battles and selves have been lost to time…" He said slipping into a yawn, eyes closing and falling asleep. 'So much for helping them…' Was his last thought before his thoughts faded to black.
"I hope they have more information…" Raven said, standing from her position on the side-couch. "In the mean-time, I'm going to do some research on this 'Klarion- bum, bum, bum: The Witch Boy.'" Raven said moving towards the door. "Why did I say that?" She questioned the others.
"Don't know…" Cyborg said.
"However, it was humorous to hear you say it…" Star-Fire stated.
"Humor… Har." Raven said dead-pan and stalked from the room.
Cyborg and Star-Fire glanced at one another before dissolving into quiet chortles.
"Klarion- bum, bum, bum: The Witch Boy!" Cyborg cracked to Star-Fire who dissolved into even further giggles.
"Perhaps he thought it was suspenseful?" Star-Fire suggested around giggles.
"I can see it now: Beast Boy- bum, bum, bum: The Changeling!" Cyborg suggested, snerking as they left the multi-purpose room to allow their teammates to sleep.
"Miko- bum, bum, bum: The Priestess!" Star-Fire added, her laughter slowly getting louder as they went to descend into the squad-room.
"Youkai- bum, bum, bum: The Demon!" Cyborg laughed uproariously. "Or-or: Robin- bum, bum, bum: The Boy Wonder!" They stopped laughing just before the door to the squad-room. "Actually, that works for him…" He said, frowning in confusion as he keyed in his code.
The Door quickly rotated, leaving no time for even The Flash to get in the door behind him. And even if Flash did get inside before Cyborg, then the defenses would kick in and within a pico-second, capture him in a stasis field.
Star-Fire's code was accepted as well and together they walked down the stairs where remnants of something's littered the floor.
"Man- Who's been messing with my Tower?" Cyborg demanded as he and Star-Fire made to clean up the mess left behind by Etrigan and Fate.
"Bum, bum, bum…" Star-Fire reminded him. And once again they broke out into laughter.
To my readers:
There has been some confusion as to the relationship, if any, between Kagome, Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru and Matsurokan… Here is the main part of the message, I was re-reading the message and the bold sections are what I recently added to make it more Easily understood to others who are not in on the question…
With Kagome/Miko/Kikyo: "…As to her relationship (with Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru as a blood member of their family.)- it's more of an honorary position... Kinda like a friend of your parent's that you call either Aunt or Uncle (or whatever). Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, and Kagome did perform a bond of blood... but I'm equating it to like how people used to do it, slice on each wrist push hands together, and voilà! Blood siblings (Which used to be taken very seriously)! So no, in my fic she wasn't married to Inuyasha…(And for me it gives me more lenience with my writing, so I'm not cemented by two set scripts and events, it allows me to improvise easier… Which other authors will admit, is much more fun. The way I planned writing it, gives me limited problems with where I want the plot to go… But all in all)-It's mainly so I don't have to deal with the Ick-factor…"
There was also mention of an issue with understanding the 'well-incident' where Miko and Shippo are taken to the first time that the Teen Titans become aware of Slade. My plan was to have them make contact with the TT and work with them to take down the 3 Hive teen-agents, but as you've read, that isn't what happened… As it turned out, Miko didn't help as much as she could (without affecting the original script of the TT episode).
So when Star-Fire and Warp crossed into the future, and Kagome's immunity to time, (in reference to: Inuyasha: Kaguya's castle episode) the well activates due to Kagome's proximity and she and Shippo are pulled into another dimension where Miko joined the Teen Titans early on in their adventures. But since they didn't fall into the well on the way back, I'm working the idea with the Time Vortex recognizing that Kagome doesn't belong in the alternate dimension that she and Shippo are in, and when 40-something Cyborg activates the Time Vortex, it pulls them back into their original timeline and dimension, kind of like a bungee-cord effect, they fell into a dimension and then they're snapped back into their home dimension and current time-line.
If this still doesn't make sense, I apologize, but there is a reason I'm not a scientist… I REALLY don't understand science or extreme math's… But if more of an explanation is needed, I will provide it to the best of my ability.
Thanks to all my readers for your support!
JoWashington-