Sorry I took so long to update the Noughts & Kisses Series. I'll try my best to update Ravens Confusions: A RHYMEDY a.s.a.p. (as soon as possible) This is my third Fan Fiction. Enjoy!

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Don't own Teen Titans, don't own Xiaolin Showdown, don't own fan fiction (duh). Is there anything I do own? (Joking lol)

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Chase Young's POV (Point Of View)

CHAPTER ONE

-*-Chase Young, Dragon Fun-*-

Wuya had been pretty, evil, cunning, but she hadn't tempted me in the slightest. I knew deep down in my heart, if I had one, that she had only wanted her powers back and then even I'd be putty in her hands. But I hadn't let myself be fooled. I'd walked away from her little offer without hesitation. I may have wanted to accept it at first but evil came before desire and I would not be distracted from my true goal: Taking over the world. I sat down cross-legged, in a meditating position, wishing I had some kind of mantra to calm my nerves. I tried deep breathing, glad to be alone because my anger would not easily be controlled.

"Hey Chase! It's me, Jack Spicer, boy genius!", Jack called as he flew over to me.

I sighed, frowning up at him. I'd been that stupid boy's idol for as long as I could remember and there was nothing I despised more than him, apart from maybe... Raimundo. There was no reason to hate Raimundo more than the other Xiaolin Warriors, after all, he was the one most tempted to the dark side.

"Hey Chase, I combined the reversing mirror with the shroud of shadows and you'll never guess what I saw!", he said, grinning like the idiot he was. I sighed again, best to just get whatever the stupid boy had to tell me over with. Still, even I could not help but be curious about his excitement, even Jack Spicer wasn't usually this hyped up about anything apart from maybe another one of his stupid robots being what he'd call "A total success".

"So anyway Chase, I saw a new Shen Gong Wu reveal itself!".

"WHAT!". I was shaken. I was sure those stupid Xiaolin warriors had captured them all by now. I'd planned on taking the temple hostage and taking all the Shen Gong Wu there because there was none left, I was sure of that. "What is the name of this mystery "Shen Gong Wu", as you call it?", I demanded, not daring to believe there were any more of them left in the world.

"It's called the Raven's Gem, it gives its user the power to summon a spirit self in the form of a Raven. It also gives its user telekinetic abilities. It's so cool!", he explained.

"We MUST find it before those Xiaolin Warriors!", I hissed, my eyes glowing in anger.

"Yes yes of c-course your ch-chaseness", Jack Spicer stuttered, backing up and trying to reason with me, "I will get Wuya to track it down and then my Jackbots wi-".

"No more JACKBOTS! We will use animals, secrets, and power to slip the Raven's Gem from under their noses!", I growled, "This time, we shall not FAIL!".

"Right aw-w-way your ch-ch-chaseness", he stuttered flying up in the air, "By the way, it's in a little island just off Jump City, right in the middle of the sea. BYE!". With that, he flew away desperately, his body rising surprisingly gracefully with his flying device, it was the one thing Spicer made that actually worked. But forgetting about that for the time being, it was time to go rescue that Shen Gong Wu from Jump City, once and for all.

-*-Meanwhile, in Jump City-*-

Robin was pacing the floor of his bedroom, deep in thought. It wasn't like him to feel like this. Usually he was calm and collected, but now he was frantically trying to think about how to win the women of his dreams.

"Oh Raven, why couldn't you be here for me, why couldn't you feel the same", he sighed, trying to understand. Didn't she realise what this was doing to him? She'd been the girl of his dreams, he'd even went into the dens of Hell on Earth (literally) and saved her from the evil of her father. BECAUSE he loved her. And now she didn't love him!

But, there was one way to get the love of his life back again. Something that was so complicated and time consuming that he would have to do some serious planning beforehand. But he'd have to try. He loved Raven too much to give up now.

He put on his Red X suit and slid to the city museum. He mashed up glass cases but was careful not to break anything inside them. He broke into the bank and mashed up the cash machine. He went to various other places, post offices, corner shops, hospitals. It was all basically the same thing he did in every shop, mash it up so the alarm went off. Obviously he made sure to smash the cameras before he did any damage.

Then he legged it back to the tower before the rest of the Titans could arrive. When he got there the place was deserted so he ran to Raven's room as quickly as possible. He grabbed her ancient scrolls, her mirror, and the book what she trapped Malchior in. Then he went and grabbed a map of the world….

-Back to Chase Young-

A new Shen Gong Wu such as the one Jack Spicer had described would be the beginning of a whole new era. I could use the Shroud of Shadows to spy on my enemies. Then I would simply swoop in as a black raven, wrap my wings around the object of my desire and disappear. I had to get the Ravens Gem, and I had to make sure that nobody else found out about it too. If they did, they might cause me quite a problem. I was strong, but not invincible, and I refused to under estimate my enemies again.

"Hey Chase, I've found some clues about the Ravens Gem!", Jack Spicer announced. He showed me pictures of what it looked. It was a simple red gem and the user had to wear it on his or her forehead for it to work.

"Where did you find this information?", I asked.

"Someone by the name of Beast Boy are writing these notes. He says he knows all about the Gem. He says that the person who has the Gem is untrustworthy and a total moody case. He says he would rather that someone else would have it so he's telling us how to get it. He says she's a crime fighter and she's incredibly strong, with the gem", Jack Spicer explained from the paper. "But she's useless at hand-to-hand combat".

"So we just need to figure out how to get the Gem", I said thoughtfully, "Continue".

"The Gem maybe hard to remove but you are about to receive the gift of eternal life straight to your doorstep. Don't question the messenger, he doesn't know he is one. He will ask you for one love spell, make sure you have one or at least the ingredients for such a spell or he will not deliver the dragon to you", Jack read.

"The dragon will indeed give me eternal life", I said, "Beast boy is well informed".

"The girl is the daughter of Trigon, the other Devil. He said you must absorb his power before you attempt to attack her. All you must do is beat him in a hand-to-hand combat battle while betting your powers. If he wins he gets your power, if you win you get his power. His weak spot is his horns, he is almost powerless without them".

"Why does this Beast Boy despise her?", I asked, "Why does he not steal it?".

"Because she took him away from something he wanted. A LOT", Jack replied, "He also says he lives with her and doesn't want to be suspected of doing anything wrong".

"I see. Asking us to do him a favour and rewarding us at the same time. And that poor little messenger probably doesn't know he's delivering the destruction of an innocent little crime fighter! Wha ha ha ha ha HA!", I cackled, my eyes shining brightly.

-BACK to Titans Tower-

"Raven, where is friend Robin?", Starfire asked worriedly.

"In his room, Starfire. But… I think he's tired out now Star. He didn't even come on the mission today, he must have been so deep in sleep he didn't even wake up".

"BOOYAH!", Cyborg exploded at the same time Beast Boy said, "AWW MAN!". As usual they were both stuck in the middle of a crazy video game.

"But I checked", Starfire whimpered, "There is a note on the table of his research. I think it is addressed to us. His belongings have also disappeared. Do you think he could have, as you say, turned his behind and run?".

"Turned tail and run, Star", Beast Boy said getting up and heading towards the door. The four of them headed to Robin's room and were greeted by a flood of robots shooting at them immediately. Then robots scurried out the room and all four Titans were left almost dead on the carpet of Robin's room.

-*- Meanwhile with Robin -*-

Robin was flying towards a mountain on his jet-pack Cyborg had designed a few weeks ago. As he neared the mountain, he saw a sort of door made to look like a stone wall opening up for him. He went inside the opening and just made it in before the door closed and engulfed him in darkness. Well, he would have been engulfed in darkness if it wasn't for the flaming torches dimly lighting the corridor. He took of his jet-pack an began to walk down the long corridor. After a while he reached a big room filled with staircases and doors. Suddenly, he heard a voice calling to him.

"Take the stairs closest to your left", my voice called down to him.

Robin looked to his left and started climbing. Apparently some guy called Chase Young lived here and he was a capable sorcerer. He didn't do crazy magic like Raven, but he could certainly whip up a quick potion or two to serve his own purposes.

"So you wanted a love spell", I said, my yellow eyes shining brightly.

Robin turned to me and nodded. "I need a strong spell though, Raven is tough".

"Raven? She is the one you wish to enchant?", I asked in surprise.

He nodded again. "She has special abilities. Flying, Telekinesis, Empathy, Astral Projection".

Amazing! Imagine one Shen Gong Wu doing all that! "Interesting", I said calmly. "I think it would be best if I personalise this spell especially for Raven. If you tell me her abilities and characteristics, I should be able to make a spell strong enough to work. But I need all of the details. One detail out of place and it won't work", I continued untruthfully.

"Sounds good to me", Robin said, "Where should I begin...".

"How about her birthplace and how she was raised?", I suggested with fake boredom.

"Well, she was born on a place called Azarath...", Robin began.

I had all the information I needed about Raven. While I made the potion, Robin had even added insult to his own injury by describing his team members and their superpowers. I recognised the name Beast Boy but decided to keep quiet about the notes, after all, he had just delivered the destruction of his own team of superheroes.

Which was evil enough to actually earn a rating over minus one.

I handed Robin the love potion. It was actually real, but it had a great side effect, just in case all else failed. Which, hopefully, it wouldn't.

"For payment, I require the dragon you brought with you", I said.

"He's trapped inside Raven's spell book. He's really evil though, once he's outside the spell book, I don't know if you'll be able to control him", Robin warned me.

I laughed. Did he not know I was the Prince of Darkness? "Evil does not scare me!".

"It's your own funeral", Robin said shrugging, "Thank you, Chase Young". Robin headed back down the stairs, through the passage, and flew out the door to Titans tower. Little did he know, however, that he left Raven's mirror and her scrolls behind.

-*- Back at the Tower -*-

Back at the tower, everyone was just waking up from the surprise attack they'd had on them a few hours ago. Then suddenly, Raven screamed.

"ARGH! UGH! UGH! UGH! AAH!", she screamed, her cloak turning white. Then suddenly she realised why, Trigon had just been fully vanquished. His spirit was sent to the underworld where he would remain for the rest of eternity, chained below the Earth.

Which meant, a lot of her power had been reduced. She was almost human.

"Guys, I think we need to have a meeting", Raven said, rubbing her head as she sat up.

"Yeah, that attack on us was too well planned. Someone's watching us guys", Cyborg said, checking the robotics on his arms, "Uh guys... somethings wrong with my system!".

"I feel, as you say, the sadness. My powers cannot work without the joy of the wondrous Earth!", Starfire cried, looking distraught as she stood up shakily.

"Mmm!", Beast Boy was gagged and tied up on the floor. Starfire and I gasped and went over to him immediately. He looked such a pale green Starfire collapsed next to him.

Raven removed the cloth gagging his mouth and then she saw hundreds and thousands of pictures. Some showed the sign of Scath, three showed Starfire escaping a prison, one showed a picture of brunette girl, and two showed the picture of a boy with black hair. But the pictures that were taking up all the space were actually notes, they said:

I know all your secrets.

Voice the suspicions from your mind

And all your secrets the others shall find!

The pictures and the notes were all stuffed in Beast Boy's mouth which was slowly, but definitely, suffocating him to death. It took 10 minutes to fully de-gag him.

"Whoever did this is going to prevent us from talking to each other by black-mailing us. Maybe we just tell each other everything now", Raven suggested. At that very moment, Robin burst through the door and threw a birdarang straight at the first person he saw. Who, ironically, was Beast Boy. He was knocked out cold instantly by the birdarang.

"ROBIN!", Raven screeched.

Robin got out of his defensive stance and straightened up, expecting four red eyes to be glaring at him from Raven's face. But there were no red eyes, no tentacles, no nothing!

"Raven... You're... calm", Robin said in confusion, had the love spell worked a double whammy?

"I just said we need to have a meeting before you burst in here", Raven said through gritted teeth, "And I meant it. I'll explain then. Right now we need to get BB to medical".

Did raven just say BB? "Uh Raven... you have healing powers remember? I mean, you've healed worse than a concussion before...".

"Robin you must of misheard me. WE. NEED. TO. GET. HIM. TO. MEDICAL", Raven repeated. Her eyes were glowing white dangerously as if he was standing on her last nerve. Then all of a sudden, he snapped, she'd broken his heart and snapped his nerves.

"And YOU must of misheard ME. Heal or him, or do it yourself", Robin said darkly.

Raven stared at Robin. From day one he'd been a vision of hope, happiness, and love. Now he was a vision of despair, sadness, and hate. She'd changed him into something awful, something heartbroken, something so desperate who knew what he'd resort to just to get what he wanted. And he wanted Raven more than anything.

Robin grabbed Beast Boy up, bridal style, and carried him to the Medical Room. He attached the necessary wires and what-not to check on his progress. He seemed OK. He had a needle to his wrist when Raven burst through the door. She took one look at the needle, one look at Robin, and one look at Beast Boy's wrist.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!", she screamed at the same time Robin said, "Raven, NO!".

There was an explosion of red and Raven was screaming in unbearable agony. Robin had thrown the smallest hint of the love spell at Raven but she had collapsed before it hit her. But the screaming got worst when it touched her, the red love spell was actually scolding her skin, as if it was red hot. Chase Young hadn't mentioned that it would hurt her, he had said the exact opposite actually. He'd thought it wouldn't be strong enough so he added EXTRA ingredients to it. But Raven hadn't healed Beast Boy, her eyes didn't glow red, and now, she couldn't even levitate him without collapsing. Something was wrong with her powers, Robin thought, something very wrong.

"ARGH! UGH! AAH! EEK!", Raven was screaming hysterically.

Cyborg ran into the room with a butter knife. Starfire was right behind him holding a tall lamp, looking frightened. Beast Boy sat up in bed suddenly, looking dazed and scared.

"NO! STOP IT! Please, please stop it...", Raven sobbed in utter despair.

Beast Boy went to her immediately. The burns on her skin were almost gone and the red stains from the love powder had completely disappeared. Beast Boy held the crying Raven to his chest as she began to sob uncontrollably.

"My powers...", she paused to hiccup, "They're weak... I'm- almost human!".

Robin fell to his knees and put his head in his hands. The spell wouldn't work, Raven was so vulnerable now even Robin could probably beat her up. If that was actually true... she wouldn't be able to fight crime like this, everyone would take advantage of her! To Raven, if she didn't have her powers, it was almost like being blind. She'd have to face the World without being able to fly, and put up shields, and levitate stuff, and scare the hell out of people by getting pissed and growing totally creepy tentacles. He faced Raven again.

"What took your powers away?", Robin asked.

"Somebody killed him. Trigon, I mean. We successfully banished him from our dimension but Trigon was still alive, taking over whatever dimension he was banished to. But now, he's really gone. He's in the Underworld, chained to the deepest pits and tunnels. If he ever did a miracle and got out of those tunnels, he'd never find his way out the maze of

all those holes", Raven said, "Plus, those guards are deadly".

"What would you have to be, to defeat him?", he asked, "Royalty? A God?".

"You'd have to be royalty of some sort to take him on, first of all. Then you'd have to bet your soul and challenge him to a duel of some sort. Poker, Fighting, Chess, you name it", Raven explained, regaining her composure, "Devils love gambling. Then you'd have to win whatever game you played. Oh, but you'd have to make sure you gambled the

same thing, your immortal soul, your power, and everything you own", Raven said.

"Would you have to be immortal?", Robin asked.

"Yes, Trigon wouldn't gain power from anything less than an immortal. Eternal life feeds him and he needs the power he gets from it to survive. Or else he may not have enough power to unleash another siege upon the universe", Raven said.

"Was Malchior immortal?".

"Robin", Raven said suspiciously, "You've never been this interested in immortals before".

"Do dragons make people immortal?", Robin demanded.

Raven sighed. "No Robin, you'd need more than a dragon. But I heard of a Prince with Yellow eyes who sold his soul for a spell for eternal life. But apparently he still needed a dragon to make it work. But he was evil, and he lives quite far away".

Yellow eyes, need for a dragon, volcano lair, laughing at evil. Chase Young killed Raven's father! No wonder he was surprised when I said I was going to try and enchant Raven. But clearly he didn't know that Raven was going to practically lose her powers or else the love spell- WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT, Robin thought, the guy's evil, the love spell could kill Raven for all he cared and it wouldn't matter to him. But he doubted that it would, after

all, just smelling the potion had almost made him fall in love with Chase Young himself. He had to shake himself several times and remind himself that he was a boy, a straight boy.

But, even if the love spell worked, Chase Young had still killed Trigon. Robin didn't approve of killing in normal circumstances, but the thought of Trigon being trapped for the rest of eternity in the underworld was highly appealing. After all, the guy was evil personified. He was pure evil and he didn't have any regrets or sorrow, he would kill anyone without even thinking about it. All he wanted was to control everywhere. But he failed.

"I'll call Titans East right away...", Robin muttered and ran away. Chase Young hadn't been pure evil, that he was sure of, but he typed in his name on the computer nevertheless. According to Evil Royals Incorporated, Chase Young was the Prince of Darkness and most of the other companies confirmed him as this. He had the power to turn himself into some reptile thing but he only had a 90% evil rating. The 10% good was apparently the fact that he was always loyal to his word. If he lost a bet, he'd follow up on it. Plus, sometimes he was unnecessarily helpful to his enemies when they were in near death situations. But he

was known to help strangers when he had nothing better to do at that moment.

Which meant, maybe he'd just been amused by Robin. So he made it for fun. By the looks of the description he had just read, it sounded like Chase Young did nice things when it suited him or out of amusement. After all, he was a Kung Fu guy, they were mysterious, poetical, and very intelligent. Chase looked like the kind of guy who would write National Treasure 6: The Emperor of China. A film filled with mysterious clues and Kung Fu Fighting. But he doubted anyone would make a number six of National Treasure, let alone Chase Young, Prince of Darkness.

2 Hours later in the Titans Tower Living Room...

Titans East was there along with the normal Titans. Raven was pacing in front of them all, her white cloak billowing out behind her like she was an angel.

"As some of you know, my father has been completely vanquished", Raven paused as the Titans East gasped, "But I don't know if you've fully thought of the effects this has on me. My power came from my father, if he is gone, so are most of my powers".

"I can use all of my powers of course", she said hastily. "But what I mean is that I won't be able to use them as long or under to much pressure. I won't be able to levitate heavy objects with ease like I normally do. I might be able to move it around, but lifting it up could actually snap the hold my power had over it. The same with time. I doubt I could hold up all of us for two hours straight", I explained.

"What about your shields?", Robin asked.

"They should be roughly the same as before. But the rule still applies, time and pressure effects it greatly. But this is all guess work, I don't even know if I can heal a scab right now never mind a broken arm or something", Raven sighed.

"Then lets test some of your powers", Robin said, "And by the way, I wasn't going to hurt Beast Boy when you saw me earlier. I was about to inject him with some fluids to keep him hydrated. I never wanted to hurt him, I never will", Robin said. He loved Raven more than anything, but he'd never hurt his friends for her love, ever. He knew she could hear the truth in his voice, it was as plain as sunshine.

"I know Robin, I'm sorry. I just... overreacted. Being without my powers makes me kind of jumpy you know. And then Starfire and Cyborg being- ARRGH!".

Raven eyes glowed red and she fainted on the floor of the Titans Tower.