Another light shone on the opposite side of the arena. It was the people in black, until the appearance obscuring clothes de-digitized, revealing the versions of themselves wearing matching clothes that were taller, more angular, and overall better looking artistically. The Teen Titans of this universe gasped, on how cooler and better their counterparts looked like.
"Whoa, how do they look so much cooler than us when we're practically the same?!" Robin gazed at his more series version.
"They are both the more handsomer and beautiful at once." Starfire sighed attractively, only for her Robin to look at her weird. "My apologies. I was distracted by their looks compared to ours." The alien girl looked down ashamed. On the other side, the '03 titans huddled.
"Wow, I mean, I know we just took them here but, I can't believe there's baby or toy versions of us. I swear me over there is two heads shorter than I am." Robin pointed out.
"And the Beast Boy and Raven over there, are's they like, having a case of dwarfism? I mean, I don't know if they're short enough for it but man those two are tiny." Beast Boy wondered aloud.
"Something seems suspicious. We're told doing this would save the Earth, but why do we have to fight a different version of ourselves? What if it's the same for them? Do we just win and disregard if their Earth is destroyed?" Raven asked. Starfire looked worried.
"Ooooh, I would hope not. Given how cute we look over there, I would imagine the Silkie and their other animals are much more adorable than ours."
"Though I bet their equivalent of video games and sports are E for everyone for every title ever and pratfall slapstick." Cyborg bemoaned at the possibility.
"Titans, we're getting off track. It does seem suspicious, but we'll just play along for now, and try to talk to them while fighting. Agreed?" His teammates nodded.
"Great. Titans, GO!" They put their hands out to throw them up like a basket ball team or whatever, and then faced their smaller counterparts yet again.
"Both teams will square off in an all out rumble! Throw your opponents out of the ring, and victory will be yours! There will be no forfeiting allowed unless a titan has beaten two in a row back to back! Let the tournament, begin!" After a 10 second countdown, the showdown has started as they charged screaming, except for Raven, which were unenthusiastic. '03 Robin asked his '13 counterpart, while they fought with staffs.
"Look, I don't know what to make of you, what makes different from us?"
"I don't know. From what I can tell, you're just like me but taller and more angular." The other titans were having their if somewhat one sided battle. Cyborg was dodging his taller counterpart's sonic blasts and rockets, but eventually got hit. Beast Boy tried bigger and badder animals, but as strong as her transformations were, the '03 version had more ferocious and more realistic ones, even down to a bee. The Starfire's got along in seconds, and resolved to fight via thumb war.
"I gotta say, I'm not looking forward to this fight." '03 Raven said to her shorter self.
"Oh?"
"As I would assume for you, I've spent a lot of times fighting my inner demons. This is kind of annoyingly literal."
"Well at least your demon isn't threatening to escape." '13 Raven showed her counterpart her cracked gem, and-not gasped-but breathed in in a surprised fashion.
"How did this happen?"
"A ghost who invaded my mind. My emoticlones are trying to contain it, but the use of my powers worsens the process."
"We can't fight while you're like this. We've got to-"
"Loser!" While the Ravens have been talking, it already down to just her and Starfire now. The '13 boys were already beaten by their '03 versions, but their Starfire was beaten. Still, that leaves it 2-4.
"Man, I can't even enjoy this game without popcorn." Jinx complained, but then one appeared in her hand. Smiling, she tried picking some up, but it was also digital. "Ugh, this sucks!" The pink haired witch threw her fake popcorn away in rage. '03 Raven turned to her remaining teammates.
"Guys, this Raven can't fight. Her gem is cracked, which means her life is in danger."
"So what the heck are we supposed to do then?" Cyborg asked.
"Uh, duh." Master of Games groaned. "You fight of course! This is a tournament, and as I said, forfeiting is not allowed, and don't think fake fighting and throwing in the towel will work either. You really need to show what you've got!" This guy sure is unsympathetic.
"Let me out. I'm warning you." '13 tried to warn, but he yawned.
"So what? I'm the Master of Games, if you don't comply, I just shock you like this." Pressing a button, all of the tians on the field screamed as they were electrocuted.
"Agh! Stop! Stop! Right! Now!" Raven's cracked gem and forehead worsened as her demon came out again, enveloping over the little half-demon and was able to overcome the electricity with pure rage.
"Whoa." Jinx uttered in shock.
"There we go! Let the match resume!" Turning off the electricity, the '03 titans were still recovering. The center of the room showed a black prism. The demon blasted at the four titans opposing titans while her Starfire tried consoling her friend.
"Raven, please! Come to your senses! Ah!" She was instead swatted away, being thrown out of the ring and into her loser chamber. Cyborg tried blasting her, but they had no effect. Using magic on the tile he was standing on, the '03 metallic titan was launched off with a yelp, and was rung out. Robin tried using explosive birdarangs, but she repelled them back forcing him to run back, allowing her to grab his ankle and throw him out as well. Something pricked her side and looked down to see '03 Beast Boy tried ramming her as a goat, but flicked away and out of the ring. Now it was just the Ravens. Some of her mass started to get absorbed into the black gem in the room, but nobody noticed yet. The demon used her telekinesis to take the hexagon shaped tiles of the ceiling, and ripped them down to surround the '03 Raven, but said sorceress broke free with her own telekinesis, shouting while doing so, and launched them at the demon, whom used her wings to shield herself. She did however screech in pain, and retaliated by ensnaring her counterpart's limbs with her tentacles, and bared down at her. The black gem in the center of the room slowly started to glow red as more of the demon's mass was absorbed. But when '03 Raven noticed what was happening, she closed her eyes.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Summoning her white colored soul-self, it overpowered the evilness of the demon, stripping it all away until Raven remained in a flash of light.
"Ah shucks, close enough." Master of Games shrugged.
"Ugh, how did you-?"
"I'll explain later. But right now, we have bigger problems. And I think I know who's behind this." Two ethereal hands clenched around the two worn out sorceresses, making all of the imprisoned titans give one...BIIIIIIIG...collective gasp.
"Haha, what a stunning turn of events!" MOGs said evilly.
"Hey, what are you doing?! Rae, I'm coming to save you!" '13 Beast Boy tried turning into different animals to escape, but they had no effect against the glass. "Eventually!"
"Cyborg, now!" '03 Robin yelled as his own Cyborg found the correct frequency to shatter the glass, and set all the '03 titans free, along with the '13 titans. "Titans, take him down!" With 8 titans chasing him, the Master of Games went down very quickly, in which he replied,
"Oh well, that was fun while it lasted." Teleporting away from underneath Robin's boot, he reappeared in between the ethereal fists, and laughed as they tried to reenter the ring, but couldn't. Shedding his disguise, the 8 titans yelled out, not gasped,
"Trigon?!"
"That's right, you mortals fell for the oldest trick in the book. A rigged sporting event." He laughed.
"You uh...goofy titans, is that the Trigon of your world?"
"Yeah, and Raven just said not more than 10 minutes before this whole thing he came back."
"Then...that must mean..." The ghostly hands started to materialize into maroon colored flesh. Eyes appeared around he gem glowing yellow. A giant head rose up, along with the rest of his arm, body, and one of his legs, oddly missing his right one.
"But Raven defeated him. He was destroyed!" '03 Starfire pointed out.
"Yeah well, I brought him back." '13 Trigon replied.
"Mostly." Beast Boy giggled.
"Yeah, what's up with the leg, Tripod!" Cyborg mocked him, though he just glared more threateningly.
"What is the meaning of this?!" He demanded.
"Your Raven interrupted the process of me siphoning my daughters powers to bring you here into existence. Almost. But once we fully drain her demon into you, you will be complete. And then, using this worlogog we will rule this multiverse together. And there's nothing you can do to stop us!" Opening a portal in which they can't follow due to the ring, both Ravens cried out. '03 Raven called out to her friends, but '13 Raven yelled before disappearing,
"Beast Bo-!"
"Raven!" He cried out, just as a 10 second self destruct initiated.
"We'll save both Ravens after getting off this thing!" '03 Robin told them. "One of you, get Jinx and let's get out of here!"
"On it!" '13 Cyborg agreed as he flew up to his friend and tore a face of the cage away, in which she was still irritated.
"Took you long enough." But then became angry when he picked her up and slung her over his shoulders. "Hey, I can rescue myself here on out, Cy!"
"Yeah, but can you fly?" He asked with a smug smile. The Starfires each blew a big hole in the side, and they all retreated and jumped out. '13 Cyborg then pressed a button, in which his whole body morphed around the group becoming a giant metal ball, just as the giant ship above the tower exploded, shattering all the glass of the tower below, cracking some of the concrete as well, and even damaging the side of Jump City facing towards the explosion. Landing in the water with a big splash, it took a few seconds before the metal ball floated up thanks to buoyancy and opened up to let the titans breathe fresh air.
"Whew, everyone okay?" '03 Robin asked. Once they all agreed, '13 Robin realized something.
"Oh, wait a minute!" Getting out his communicator, he spoke into it. "Birdarang, do you copy?!"
"What's up, boss?" A chipper voice replied.
"Are all the little buddies in the tower safe?"
"Roger that. Boom Box, Luna, Lotus, Silkie, Pain Bot and Super Robin are accounted and safe in the panic room. Dave isn't here at the tower so he's likely safe. No breach yo." All of the '13 titans sighed.
"Wait, you have a sentient birdarang?" '03 Robin questioned.
"Yeah, our little buddies. We'll show them to you." '13 Robin answered. Once they got back to the damaged tower, they went to the panic room, and from within, a floating birdarang, a boom box with legs, a genius intellect fighting capable robin bird, a small robot with a bulb, Silkie, a black cat and a cat like demon came out, and the '13 titans rejoiced.
"Oh, thank goodness you're safe." Jinx snuggled with her cat, whom purred happily.
"Yes, I'm glad my little bumgorf is the safe and sound." Starfire hugged her mutated silkworm.
"All I know is pain." Pain Bot said.
"Hehe, that's right, you do." Cyborg agreed with his little buddy.
"Wait wait wait hold up." '03 Cyborg cut the moment. Little buddies, Jinx being here, and from the looks of this world being cartoony, what is this universe?!" '03 Robin replied,
"Let's talk about it then. If we're going to work together, we need to know what's different and similar, so we can work as efficiently as possible. You titans." They turned to him. "Tell us your story, and we'll tell you ours." Looking amongst themselves, they nodded.
1 season of TTG! and 5(4 if that's better for you) seasons and 1 movie of TT later.
"...And that's how it happened." '03 Beast Boy concluded. The '13 Teen Titans were amazed, just as the '03 titans were, if more composed, that their universes are similar, yet so drastically different.
"Oooooh, I am the so full of joy that we are both the together couples." '13 Starfire cheered as she hugged her Robin and kissed his cheek, making him laugh. The '03 versions smiled at each other and held hands.
"What I can't believe is that this Cyborg managed to sweep Jinx off her feet while our picked Kid Flash!" Cyborg pointed out.
"As we mentioned, it's not like we're dating." the metahuman rolled her eyes while stroking both Luna and Lotus. "Remember when we covered the Valentine's Day dance?"
"Ugh. I thought our Terra had it rough, but a split personality that takes over her coupled with anxiety disorder? I feel so sorry for her." Beast Boy shook his head.
"I'm interested that these versions of you and Raven actually hooked up. No wonder she yelled out to him."
"Fellow Starfire..." the '03 version asked her '13 counterpart. Do you have a brother?"
"No. Why?"
"In my universe, we have a brother in which your language would understand as Wildfire. In your universe, your managed to reconcile with your Blackfire. But with mine, I disowned her." Starfire gasped.
"Why?!"
"Even though she denies it, I have reason to suspect she sold out our brother to Madam Rouge so that she could masquerade as him."
"That is horrible!"
"Yes." '03 Starfire replied, a tear trailing down her face. "The reason I bring this up, is so that I could talk to your Blackfire."
"For what?"
"To see if...no. Never the mind. I cannot say the reason as of right now." She drew close to her Robin, whom hugged her in a comforting embrace. The '13 Starfire looked just as sad, before Robin held her hands to let her know he was there for her. It was then that the '13 Robin spoke up.
"Now, we know everything there is to know about us, similarities and differences. We're quite a bit sillier while they're more darker and dramatic. But there is one commonality we all share. We are Teen Titans, and we have one common goal to rescue our Ravens from both Trigons. Robin and I will think of a plan, and the first step is to find another worlogog. Now, titans together?" He stuck his hand out, in which 9 placed theirs's down on his.
"Titans together!"