The Hybrid

The Next Journey

Li-Dong, Gar, Rae, and the others celebrated at the Jade Palace of the Emperor's coronation. Garfield played charades with Lueduo and Lei-Lei while Raven and Tigress joked about Po and Garfield. Just then, Po came into the room, bring more food with him. "My dads want to give you some parting gifts. Annnd also remind you that emperors' get half off... with every purchase," Po chuckled awkwardly. The whole room laugh. As it was nearing Lei-Lei and Lueduo's bedtime, Garfield walked over to Po.

"Po, that energy you were using when Roshu smack talked you," Garfield started, "What was that?"

"Smack, what?" Tigress asked Raven. Rae sighed and shook her head as she explained to her master. Po chuckled nervously, twiddling his fingers.

"Well, it's an interesting story," Po started. "Being the Dragon Warrior has its perks. I have the ability to use Chi, the life-force that everything living thing uses."

"We're both familiar with Chinese spirituality," Garfield mentioned.

"Well, when the power of healing came to me, it came with something else: Aura control," Po explained. "It's basically the ability to see and use someone else's aura... but I can."

"While Po can never use a person's aura for a long time, he can use it for a little while to amplify their effect," Tigress finished.

"Meaning?" Garfield asked.

"Po can greatly boost the Animalists' powers if need be, but the aura power is only given to the people who are purest of heart, which he is," Tigress explained. Po smiled at the tiger's comment on his purity.

"Whoa, so that energy we felt-" Raven questioned.

"Was me boosting my own chi power using my aura power," Po finished. Raven and Garfield looked at each other.

"Wow, that's amazing," Garfield explained.

"And dangerous," Raven noted, causing Garfield to look at her with a side-cocked glance, raising his left eyebrow at her.

"She's right. I can never be mind-controlled because of that power, but if I were to make the mistake of giving that boost to an evil Animalist, things could get dangerous," Po sighed.

"Has that happened before?" Raven asked.

"Not yet, but there's always a threat," Tigress sighed. The tiger shook her body, throwing her shoulders back and perking her head up with a large formal smile. "So, what made you two decide to come back?"

"We just wanted to Animalia," Raven explained, "Beast Boy has never seen this place for himself."

"It's wonderful," Garfield replied in wonder, "I'm surprised a place like this is around."

"Well, it is," Tigress returned, "But something tells me that this is just a pit stop in your journey. Where did you intend to go after this?" Garfield and Raven looked at each other a bit confused. Ed the raven flapped onto Garfield's shoulder.

"You two don't have a single clue as to where you want to go, do you?" He squawked, laughing at the two. Raven growled gruffly like her feline teacher, shutting the bird up.

"I... I didn't expect to go somewhere else," Raven replied in a calmer tone. "I would go Volent but since he's gone."

"We...we could journey around the magical realm a bit. I know there are some places you haven't seen there," Garfield pointed out.

"I guess we could visit Fallitur," Raven smirked as Garfield nervously chuckled. "And I think I do need to visit my mother."

"Could we come?" Po said, wrapping his arm around Tigress.