How To Make a Titanimorph Appear Raven pushed her magic to it's limits. This was a tough battle. Hard to believe, since they were fighting Doctor Light.
They were in the skies over China. They had attempted to use the T-Jet as a battle base, but that hadn't worked out too well. So now they were making do with what they had.
Starfire was doing well with the aerial battle. Her abilities were well suited for it. Beast Boy was doing as expected, showing surprising initiative when it came to aerial combat.
Cyborg and Robin were testing out some new tech he had developed: an Air Battle Board. It was supposed to track their movements in the air and stay under them, so they could battle in the air as easily as on the ground. This was the first live battle test, and so far things were going well. Still, Raven was keeping an eye out, just in case something went wrong and she had to rescue them.
She should have been watching her own back.
A huge blast of energy hit her from above, and she went rocketing towards the ground. SHe saw it coming up fast, and knew she didn't have time to teleport or stop herself. Instead, she wrapped herself in a coccoon of her magic, hoping to deaden the impact. She looked at where she was landing.
'A spring?' she had time to woncder before crashing head long into it. She thought she could fly right out of it and rejoin the others, but then something happened.
20 minutes later...
Doctor Light was captured and tied up, strapped to the underside of the T-Jet unconcious. The Titans came down to the ground, and saw many cold springs with bamboo poles of different heights spread around.
"Spread out!" Robin commanded. "We know Raven came down somewhere around here. We can't pick up her communicator, and she hasn't made it back, so she might be unconcious or hurt. Find her!"
"Yes, we must find friend Raven soon. I am most worried for her." Starfire floated around, concern writ large on her face.
"Dude! I can't pick up her scent anywhere! And this place gives me the creeps," Beast Boy proclaimed with a shudder.
"Man, the mystic energy readings I'm picking up here are off the scales, and fluctuating wildly. We'd better find someone who can tell us about this place before we accidentally trigger something nasty." Cyborg was worried about Raven, but he was also worried about the others, too.
Robin sighed. "Okay, we'll find a local, and hope he or she speaks english."
"If they do not, perhaps I can be of aid as a translator. It would not be difficult to acquire the local dialect for me." Starfire's face and voice were full of innocent concern. Her suggestion, however, made Robin flinch.
'I hope they speak English...' Robin thought to himself.
"Oh! Visitors!"
They all turned. A short, pudgy man in a green unifrom waved to them all.
"Welcome sirs and miss, to this place, Jusenkyo! Training Ground of Cursed Springs."
"Training ground?" Robin asked, intruiged.
"Cursed Springs?" Starfire asked, confused.
"Is that what's up with the freaky energy readings around here?" Cyborg pondered.
"Who CARES what the deal is with this Juicy-neko place!" Beast Boy proclaimed. "We're looking for Raven, remember? You there! A girl came falling out of the sky about ten minutes ago. Purple hair, pale skin, wearing a dark blue cloak and unitard. Did you see her?"
"Oh, yes. Falling girl this way." He guided them over to a spring that was starting to bubble. "She fall in here, N shu? de t z? de ch?nti?n, Spring of drowned Rabbit. Very tragic story, of rabbit who drown in spring some 1000 years ago. Now whoever fall into spring, take on form of rabbit."
"Wait..." Robin paused. "She's going to come out a rabbit?"
Starfire was ecstatic. "Oh, she will be so adorable!"
Cyborg was perturbed. "That's...kinda freaky."
Beast Boy, however, was staring at the spring. "Is it a hot spring?"
"No. All Jusenkyo spring are cold springs."
"Then why is it bubbling?"
"What? Shouldn't be..." The guide stared into the spring, just as black lightning started to arc out of it. "GET BACK!"
Everyone ran back from the spring just as it exploded. When the light from the explosion cleared, the place was covered in a light mist. Raven was visible as a silouhette striding towards them. A the mist cleared, they all stared at her.
At first glance, she seemed taller, but that was only because she was now balanced on the balls of her feet. Her feet had lengthened somewhat, which only accentuated her long legs. What skin was visible was covered in a fine coating of snow white fur. Her purple hair made a stark contrast to this, as two long, floppy white ears came up off the top of her head to hang around her face. Invisible under her cloak, a white cotton bob tail made a bulge in the back of her unitard. Looking at them, her pink little nose twitched.
"What?" she asked them, as yet unaware of her transformation. "Did we win?"
They were in the skies over China. They had attempted to use the T-Jet as a battle base, but that hadn't worked out too well. So now they were making do with what they had.
Starfire was doing well with the aerial battle. Her abilities were well suited for it. Beast Boy was doing as expected, showing surprising initiative when it came to aerial combat.
Cyborg and Robin were testing out some new tech he had developed: an Air Battle Board. It was supposed to track their movements in the air and stay under them, so they could battle in the air as easily as on the ground. This was the first live battle test, and so far things were going well. Still, Raven was keeping an eye out, just in case something went wrong and she had to rescue them.
She should have been watching her own back.
A huge blast of energy hit her from above, and she went rocketing towards the ground. SHe saw it coming up fast, and knew she didn't have time to teleport or stop herself. Instead, she wrapped herself in a coccoon of her magic, hoping to deaden the impact. She looked at where she was landing.
'A spring?' she had time to woncder before crashing head long into it. She thought she could fly right out of it and rejoin the others, but then something happened.
20 minutes later...
Doctor Light was captured and tied up, strapped to the underside of the T-Jet unconcious. The Titans came down to the ground, and saw many cold springs with bamboo poles of different heights spread around.
"Spread out!" Robin commanded. "We know Raven came down somewhere around here. We can't pick up her communicator, and she hasn't made it back, so she might be unconcious or hurt. Find her!"
"Yes, we must find friend Raven soon. I am most worried for her." Starfire floated around, concern writ large on her face.
"Dude! I can't pick up her scent anywhere! And this place gives me the creeps," Beast Boy proclaimed with a shudder.
"Man, the mystic energy readings I'm picking up here are off the scales, and fluctuating wildly. We'd better find someone who can tell us about this place before we accidentally trigger something nasty." Cyborg was worried about Raven, but he was also worried about the others, too.
Robin sighed. "Okay, we'll find a local, and hope he or she speaks english."
"If they do not, perhaps I can be of aid as a translator. It would not be difficult to acquire the local dialect for me." Starfire's face and voice were full of innocent concern. Her suggestion, however, made Robin flinch.
'I hope they speak English...' Robin thought to himself.
"Oh! Visitors!"
They all turned. A short, pudgy man in a green unifrom waved to them all.
"Welcome sirs and miss, to this place, Jusenkyo! Training Ground of Cursed Springs."
"Training ground?" Robin asked, intruiged.
"Cursed Springs?" Starfire asked, confused.
"Is that what's up with the freaky energy readings around here?" Cyborg pondered.
"Who CARES what the deal is with this Juicy-neko place!" Beast Boy proclaimed. "We're looking for Raven, remember? You there! A girl came falling out of the sky about ten minutes ago. Purple hair, pale skin, wearing a dark blue cloak and unitard. Did you see her?"
"Oh, yes. Falling girl this way." He guided them over to a spring that was starting to bubble. "She fall in here, N shu? de t z? de ch?nti?n, Spring of drowned Rabbit. Very tragic story, of rabbit who drown in spring some 1000 years ago. Now whoever fall into spring, take on form of rabbit."
"Wait..." Robin paused. "She's going to come out a rabbit?"
Starfire was ecstatic. "Oh, she will be so adorable!"
Cyborg was perturbed. "That's...kinda freaky."
Beast Boy, however, was staring at the spring. "Is it a hot spring?"
"No. All Jusenkyo spring are cold springs."
"Then why is it bubbling?"
"What? Shouldn't be..." The guide stared into the spring, just as black lightning started to arc out of it. "GET BACK!"
Everyone ran back from the spring just as it exploded. When the light from the explosion cleared, the place was covered in a light mist. Raven was visible as a silouhette striding towards them. A the mist cleared, they all stared at her.
At first glance, she seemed taller, but that was only because she was now balanced on the balls of her feet. Her feet had lengthened somewhat, which only accentuated her long legs. What skin was visible was covered in a fine coating of snow white fur. Her purple hair made a stark contrast to this, as two long, floppy white ears came up off the top of her head to hang around her face. Invisible under her cloak, a white cotton bob tail made a bulge in the back of her unitard. Looking at them, her pink little nose twitched.
"What?" she asked them, as yet unaware of her transformation. "Did we win?"