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[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy was for the most part a highly emotional boy, running on lots of energy, irrepressible cheer and a sense of humor that was...unique at best.

But sometimes...sometimes he needed time to think and be quiet. Usually he could do that while playing game station, reading comics or going for a flight.

Today however despite his lack of desire to socialize he had energy to burn. That creepy robo chick had teased him with cake and gotten him all worked up, only to drop him just in time to find out he'd missed a huge fight.

So being the responsible and intelligent hero he imagined he was, Beastboy decided he needed a little training to get back into the swing of combat.

The Sensoriums were awesome in his opinion, like a giant do it yourself video game.

So the scene? Jump City streets just outside the his favorite Pizza parlor.

The enemy? Sladebots! The best for cannon fodder, they were robots so he didn't feel bad about stomping them flat, and they were just scary enough to be a challenge.

This was his right? No way he could lose...

***

Within ten minutes he was being rolled down the street by the over zealous Sladebot projections...his imagination was running away with him.

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[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara had to laugh at Beastboy's reaction to bringing up his friends without meaning to. She couldn't help it: his humor was actually pretty comforting, a reminder of why she really liked being on the ship even when all of the misfortunes were piling up on her. It was always hard to feel lonely here!

But she couldn't help but notice his reaction to that blond girl. She knew the reaction pretty well: it was the same type she had whenever the subject of Jet was brought up. She guessed there would always be that reluctance to talk about something like that, especially when it was so personal.

But she did laugh when he dismissed his friends so abruptly. "Guess you;re still getting the hang of the Sensoriums, huh?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Actually I think they're getting the hang of me." He joked and grinned sheepishly. "This really is amazing though, we don't have anything this advanced back home."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara laughed. "Beastboy, we don't have anything CLOSE to this back home. Where I come from is all ice and snow, and in the rest of the world, we haven't gotten far enough to make anything like machines yet. The Sensoriums is like something out of a fairy tale!"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Whoa." Beastboy whistled, "You guys are from Waaaay back there. Have you tried movies yet? I love movies! And Television. I could spend an entire day just vegging out with T.V." He joked and because he was in such a good mood turned into a small bird fluttering up to land on her head.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara turned a hint of pink. This was way too much deja vu right now: once again someone green was reminding her how not with the modern technology she was. She shook this off though: there was no point in her getting bothered by it now.

She laughed a little when he turned into the small bird. "We don't have any of those things where I'm from Beastboy. Most nation have their own kind of recreation: sports, active games, bending."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

He fluttered off her head changing back with a flip in the air landing in front of her with a big grin, "I love games! All kinds, capture the flag, football, soccer, basketball...Cyborg and Robin are way better at that then I am, oh and fetch, I'm good at fetch. No one understands why it's so fun till they've tried it." He babbled, "What kind of games do you guys play?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara thought for a moment. "Depends on which nation you are. In the water tribe, we play ice dodging and go penguin sledding. The air nomads used to play airball, or Bison Polo. In the Earth Kingdom, you could play soccer with earthbending, or ride the Elephant Koi if you were in Kyoshi Island. The Firenation had games like Hide and explode, or Kuai Ball. I haven't played all of these games, and I know there's more I've missed, but those are the ones off the top of my head!"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Hide and explode?" Beastboy blanched, "Man they take playtime seriously in the fire nation." He joked before turning into a penguin thinking back to Katara's mention of penguin sledding. As if on command snow began to fall from the sky.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Trust me, you have no idea," Katara commented, trying not to reflect on exactly how seriously the Firenation could take things. "But you should meet Zuko and Mai, they're firebenders and could give you more accurate information."

When she saw him transform into a penguin, she blinked, confused. "Um, you have the general shape of it right, but the face is all wrong. Pengins look like this."

She took a stick and drew a penguin-otter (http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l35/avatar_portal/official_pics/c_penguin1.jpg).

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy blinked a little confused, but well...when in the Water Nation...

It took a little bit of effort but he managed to morph the specific parts till he matched the picture and let out a squawk noise of victory.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara was glad Beastboy had altered himself to look like the penguin-otter, but now that he was and the snow was starting to fall, she couldn't help herself. She started to move her hands around, and the snow under them started to shift, so that they were now looming over a hill.

"Get ready to be penguin sledded!" Katara said, leaping nimbly on Beastboy, giving him the nudge to go down, with her on top of him. "Geronimo!" she cried, laughing.

Forgive her Beastboy. She'd been playing mom and sister the last few days, it was rare for her to have a kid moment.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy let out a noise that could have been surprise or laughter and went sliding just as easily as any snowboard gliding down the hill snow flying on either side of them as they picked up speed.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Ha ha, yeah!" Katara cheered, steering Beastboy as if she had been doing this all her life (and she had, actually). She moved her arms in a circular motion to move them even faster, so Beastboy should find himself to move them even faster, as if the snow has somehow gotten more slick.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

And though he couldn't vocalize it he was having the time of his life moving with Katara as best he could for maximum speed. This was an awesome sport he'd have to introduce the others to it sometime!

It was like strapping his face to the front of the R cycle that's how fast he was flying!

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

And as long as they were having fun, why not make it interesting? Katara had the Sensorium place random icebergs in their way and now Katara was either moving them with her hands or maneuvering out of the way just in time. With Beastboy as the penguin, this was the fastest she'd gone yet!

She'd have to thank him later for being such a good sport and letting her ride him on the slopes!

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Oh ho so it was obstacles she wanted? Beastboy could play that game.

Snowmen cropped up on either side of the slope and began throwing snowballs at the duo.

There wasn't much Beastboy could do other then stay still so he slid faster and lean with Katara.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Snowballs? Ha! That was still water, and Katara knew how to deal with that. With every snowball lobbed, Katara stopped it in place and swung it right back, knowing a few of the snowmen's heads off. She wasn't known as a master waterbender for nothing.

But she couldn't avoid every snowball, so she assumed ice dodging Rule number one: be fast enough to react to the environment, and be clever.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

You mean like reacting to the jump that's rose up out of the slope in front of them?

It doesn't help that there are ice rings to fly through.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Oh, but it helped to have take part in Sokka's ritualistic test of manhood ice dodging. With the jump, she lowered herself closer to Beastboy, making sure not to catch on any of the rings and was airborn for a few good seconds. She steered Beastboy well enough to go cleanly through each ice rink until they hit the next snow slope.

She disembarked, grinning. "That was great!"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy shifted back a little dizzy but laughing so hard his sides hurt, "That was awesome! You totally rocked that hill!" He cheered.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I'm just glad I was still able to do it!" Katara exclaimed. "Its been a long time since I got to do this, but it looks like I've still got it!"

She grinned. "You have pretty sweet powers!" Katara said. "I've never seen anything like it!"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"They are totally awesome." He was proud and not the least bit modest about his powers, "Seriously people are always like "Oh it must be so hard for him being green with pointy ears, he can't fit in at all." but i'm like, what's so good about fitting in? I like green and the ladies love my pointy ears." He wiggled said pointy ears for good measure.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara couldn't help but laugh. Beastboy actually reminded her a lot of Jet a bit, not so much with the hating of the Firenation but more of the strength and the cockiness. It was more funny though.

"Yeah, I guess they are pretty cool," Katara said. "Besides, I think you'll fit in here just fine: we're still trying to help people, right?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"That's the plan, fly through space, save the universe, all in a days work." He puffed out his chest proudly and struck what he hoped was a heroic looking stance.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Good luck then," Katara said, "because we'll need all the help we can get, right? So I'm curious: what's your story, Beastboy?"