What is Reality?
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It was around 10:00 at night and Beast Boy was having the time of his life. He had just started playing Final Fantasy 7 for the fifth time when Raven came into the living room for some tea. The pale empath was annoyed by the constant noise and decided to do something about it. Walking up to the power outlet she ripped the cord out, shutting down the PS2. The changeling was confused for a split second but then his confusion turned to outrage.
"Dude, I was just about to beat the first boss!"
"You've already beaten that game before and it was annoying me." Raven said.
"You could have asked me to shut it off." Beast Boy then went dejectedly into his room. Sometime later, Raven sighed heavily and went towards Beast Boy's room. She knocked and the changeling opened the door. "What did I do this time Raven? Is my breathing too loud?" He asked bitterly.
"I just came to apologize. I overreacted." Then she entered his room and looked around. Scores of DVDs and games adorned the shelves. Raven then spied some normal books, as well as some strange comic books on one of the shelves. "What are these?" Raven asked, pointing to the comic books.
"Those are manga, you know Japanese comics." Raven shook her head and Beast Boy's jaw dropped. "You've never heard of them? Dude, you have got to read some. They're a lot more sophisticated than our American comics."
"I'll pass." Then Raven left the room. Sighing, Beast Boy went to bed, looking out his window, he spied a shooting star.
"I wish there was a way we could be closer." Then he went to sleep, visions of Raven being kind to him filling his head. In her room, Raven was dreaming about Beast Boy not annoying her everyday. Soon though, even their dreams went away and they slept calmly.
When Raven opened her eyes, she knew something was wrong. Her room had become a hotel room. Where was she? Her body felt different too. Running up to a mirror she gasped. A beautiful Asian woman gasped back and stared out from the mirror with brown eyes. Raven examined her new body and found it was muscular but lithe, like a martial artist's. She had brown hair tied into two buns on either side of her head. A name popped into her thoughts: Chun Li. This had to be a dream. She pinched herself and felt pain. Then she screamed as loud as her new body would let her.
Beast Boy was just opening his eyes when he heard screaming. He shot up and ran towards the sound, not noticing how graceful his movement seemed to be. Coming towards the source of the noise, he saw Chun Li from Street Fighter dressed in a nightgown. "Dude, its Chun Li!" The changeling shouted. The woman stopped screaming when she heard him talk to her. She responded in an angry but nervous tone of voice.
"I'm Raven and I don't know how I ended up here."
"Raven? What the? It's me Beast Boy!" He noticed how odd his voice sounded. Raven looked wide eyed at him.
"You should look in the mirror then." Beast Boy went up to the mirror and saw that he was Ryu from Street Fighter, red headband and everything.
"Awesome!"
"Beast Boy, calm down! We need to figure out how this happened to us." Raven said, unused to how sweet her voice sounded. Beast Boy then started laughing nervously. "What?"
"Well, I kind of made a wish last night that we could be closer." Raven glared at him with Chun Li's brown orbs.
"So where are we?"
"We're in one of my videogames." Raven then fainted. Just then another man entered the room. He was blond and had a red gi on.
"Whoa! Ryu, I didn't know you and Chun Li had gotten so close together." Beast Boy blushed furiously.
"Ken it's not like that. She just fainted." Ryu's best friend laughed at that.
"Sure, that's what happened to Eliza when I started dating her. Anyway, wake her up. We're all supposed to participate in the tournament today, remember?" Just then Beast Boy's mind was flooded with memories. He saw Ryu and Ken training and felt a new power within his body.
"Oh yeah, now I remember, thanks Ken." Ken nodded and left the room. Beast Boy then gently shook Raven. "Rae, c'mon wake up." Raven's eyes fluttered open and she glared at Beast Boy.
"You are so dead once I get my powers back." Then her eyes fluttered again and she seemed to be in a trance. When she opened her eyes, they gleamed with knowledge. "What just happened? I know everything about this person's life right now as if I had lived it myself."
"The same thing happened to me. I think it's so we can survive this place." Then Beast Boy did a few practice punches and they were in perfect form. "Now I can do all his moves! Raven, try and kick me." Raven smiled evilly at this.
"With pleasure." Then she started kicking at Beast Boy with one leg but she kept kicking at him faster and faster until the changeling was forced to jump back.
"Okay, looks like we also get the abilities too. Anyway, Ken's waiting for us, so get dressed and I'll meet you downstairs." Then he left. Raven went to change out of her nightgown and looked in the mirror again. I hope this isn't permanent.
After showering and dressing into a blue Chinese outfit, Raven came downstairs. She spotted Beast Boy talking to a man in red, Ken, her memories told her. He was sitting next to a blond woman with stunning blue eyes but she didn't look like a fighter. The blonde saw Raven and smiled warmly.
"Chun Li! How are you feeling? Ryu told us you fainted."
"I'm fine, Eliza." Again the name popped into Raven's head. Eliza smiled again at that.
"You're so lucky to have a boyfriend like Ryu!" Raven's jaw dropped at that.
"We're not…I mean… how could you?" But then Ken started laughing.
"That was a good one, honey!" Ken said, kissing his wife.
"I thought they were seeing each other." Beast Boy and Raven looked at each other, blushing furiously.
"We're not." Both answered in unison.
"I'm going to go spar with Chun Li, so call us when the tournament is starting, okay?" Ken nodded and the changeling grabbed Raven and led her out of the room. He led them to a huge training arena. "How is it, being able to not worry about your emotions?" Beast Boy asked.
"It's strange. It's like waking up after being asleep for a long time." Then she smiled at Beast Boy. "Guess there's one good thing about this situation."
"You know, you look really cute when you smile like that."
"It's not my real smile." Raven said her good mood evaporating.
"Any smile you give me is real, no matter what you look like." Raven got a tingling sensation in her stomach when he said that but ignored it by shaking her head.
"Thanks, but shouldn't we be sparring?" Beast Boy nodded and the two went though some basic moves. Raven was amazed at how fast and graceful her body was and Beast Boy matched her move for move. Raven saw an opening and swept Beast Boy off his feet. Then she pinned him down with her arms. Their faces were inches away from each other.
"Um, Rae, you think you can get off me now?" Raven blushed and helped him up to his feet. Just then Ken came in and told them the tournament was getting underway. The two Titans were led to an enormous stadium packed with people. An announcer came to greet the crowd.
"Good evening ladies and gentleman! We have a spectacular show for you tonight! Our first match: The beautiful Chun Li vs. the horrifying Blanka!" Beast Boy looked at Raven with a worried expression.
"Okay, watch out for this dude's electricity. He can extend it around himself in a shield so don't jump in and also he likes to use rolling attacks so be careful." Raven nodded and headed out into the arena. Her opponent wasn't human. Flaming red hair was styled as a wild mane down the creature's back. The thing was lime green and had fangs that glinted under the stadium lights. Raven gulped. I really am going to hurt Beast Boy after this is over.
"Ready, Fight!" Then Blanka kicked off the ground and leapt towards her. Raven rolled out of the way and started kicking Blanka really fast with her Lightning Kick technique. The beast was stunned but managed to back away. Then the monster flipped into the air and tucked itself into a ball. Kicking itself off the wall, the creature barreled into Raven. She struck the ground hard but managed to pick herself up. Summoning her energy into her palm she unleashed a fireball towards Blanka. The fighter merely leapt over the projectile. Raven then leapt up towards Blanka, kicking as she went. The blow struck and Blanka was sent careening into the ground. Blanka didn't get up.
"Match over, Chun Li wins!" Raven basked in the cheers the crowd gave her and went back towards Ken and Beast Boy.
"Great job, Chun Li!" Ken said.
"Thanks." Then Ken was called out to the arena and he left, leaving Raven to glower at Beast Boy. "The next time I have to fight a monster like that, you tell me!" Then she punched Beast Boy on the shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Rae. But hey, at least you won!" Raven glared at him again and Beast Boy shut up. Both Ken and Beast Boy won their matches easily and the three returned towards the hotel. Once they reached their lodgings Raven went to bed, her mind on Beast Boy and the odd feelings she had felt in the training room.
Harsh sunlight woke Raven up. Opening her eyes, she realized she was no longer in the hotel. Looking around, she saw she was in a forest, and everything seemed a lot bigger. Just then a giant appeared in front of her. She tried to run but found her feet weren't on the ground. She was flying in midair. The giant noticed her.
"Raven, is that you?" Raven looked at the giant in shock. He was very handsome. Blond shoulder-length hair shone in the sunlight and his eyes were sky blue. The figure was dressed in a green tunic and had a green cap on his head.
"Beast Boy, why are you so huge?" Then Raven blushed when she heard her voice. It sounded like she had sucked a tank full of helium. Beast Boy started chuckling and Raven almost went deaf.
"I'm not huge, you're small. You're a fairy named Navi and I'm Link. We're in another one of my videogames."
"I'm going to kill you!" Raven yelled, trying to look imposing but when you're only 1 inch tall, that's hard to pull off.
"You can't. You're supposed to help me save the world."
"Super." She said, and then flew up and landed on his shoulder, praying that this would end as soon as possible.