Dual X's
by: AegisX
AegisX here, I don't know if anyone's reading this but yeah, I don't own the Teen titans and I might only own Rubicante or maybe not even that, also the song used in this here is from Placebo – English Summer Rain. Yeah, R & R, now go ahead and read.
Session 01:
I led a double life for a long, long time. It started when I stole the suit. The suit. A seemingly simple black spandex suit and a white skull mask with a jagged red x on the right eye, as well as the chest area, the suit was completed by a grey belt that seemed to be the power source, a tattered cape, and black combat boots with a jagged red x carved into the heels. Doing that changed my destiny and suddenly my future wasn't what it would have been once. I knew better than to steal it, but I felt it, calling me as I lived, breathed, and went along my days. I stole it from the Titans with ease, the vault that contained it was no match for me at all, and I even left the Titans a calling card, the vault's door torn half off and bent. I became Red X, the master thief, so to speak. I fought the Titans more than once but in the end I lost the belt for the suit, but I never quit being Red X. I just left Jump City, and traveled the world.
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Yoh was sure he was on the right track, he saw the marks in the dust where his feet had left them, distinctly marking him out because of the jagged x on the heel of the boot prints. He followed him to an abandoned airstrip or it should have been abandoned, except for the jet about to take off; Yoh started running towards the plane with startling speed, but was soon left behind as the plane took off, leaving Yoh to contemplate where his prey was going.
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A year later…
Yoh walked out of the Jump City airport, looking around he saw a peaceful city, people walking with friends, family or by themselves but all content. Yoh's contacts had all pointed to this city, and he was here determined to finish his hunt; with those words in mind, he quickly ran down the street, and jumped with enough strength to land on a roof top, and with the crowds of people gasping, and gaping, Yoh headed towards the Jump City center.
Yoh jumped off a rooftop, landing with complete ease after a 5 story fall, he walked into the Jump City mall, to get clothes and kill some time. He shopped at his leisure and finding only a couple pairs of jeans that he liked, blue and black, a matching number of t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, and a couple of sweaters. Yoh, already armed with a G-wave Mp3 player, walked out of the shop, listening to music as he walked through the rest of the mall; he turned off the mp3 player when he saw an orange skinned, red head wearing purple clothing which clashed violently, floating and tugging at an amazing girl. She was beautiful in Yoh's eyes, with indigo blue hair, a heart shaped face, stunning amethyst eyes, and a pair of full lips, she was curvaceous and wore matching dark blue pants, with a dark blue pull over sweater, and completing the look were blue boots; he couldn't avert his gaze from her until others caught his attention. A short completely green boy, with short spike green hair wearing a strange maroon and black jumpsuit was arguing with a half human, half machine male who was also arguing with him.
He heard the green boy say "Damn, stop being such a bitch!" When he finished that comment, he seemed to regret it but the damage was done.
"Oh, so you think I'm being a bitch, huh, Beast Boy?" the blue haired girl that Yoh was falling for spoke, then she was surrounded by black energy, and she quickly sunk into the ground, effectively teleporting. Yoh was sad to say the least, but seeing as she wasn't there anymore, Yoh turned the way he had walked, and left the mall; he immediately called one of his friends in the city, who responded and arrived to take Yoh's belongings with him.
"Hey, Yoh, are you coming?"
"No, I think I'll take a walk. See you in a bit." Yoh answered, and his friend just shrugged his shoulders and said "Suit yourself, laterz" driving off.
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'I can't believe he even has the nerve to call me that!' Raven thought as she walked through Jump City Park, trying to calm herself. The whole argument started over a trip to the mall, and it ended with her teleporting away, leaving the rest of her friends behind. 'I'll show him who's a bitch,' Raven's angry thought sparked a burst in her power, making a trashcan at the park entrance explode. 'At least it was only one' Intelligence told Raven, then was immediately shut out as Raven walked.
As she walked, she suddenly remembered something odd that occurred. During the time of the argument, a stranger had taken notice of her, and gazed at her the whole time. She didn't see him clearly, the only thing that set him out was the long silver hair he had; Raven was so lost in thought that she didn't notice when Jinx, and Private Hive appeared, blocking her way.
"Well, well, well, look who we have here. It's little old Raven." Jinx's voice cut into Raven's thoughts, and then she realized the situation that she was in.
"An enemy soldier can be used for bargaining, ma'am!" Private Hive barked out, and then Jinx gave a wicked smile as she said "Someone as pretty as Raven can be used for more that just bargaining," running her tongue across her lips seductively.
Raven's moment of shock passed and she quickly said "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" The black energy emitted from her fingers lanced out, striking Private Hive, sending him flying back, but Jinx managed to avoid the blast as she hurled her own shocking pink hex blasts.
Raven made a bubble out of the black energy in an attempt to shield herself but Private Hive, who had gotten up again, threw his shield at Raven's barrier, shattering it so that the hex blasts struck her. Raven tried to avoid more of the hex blasts but was sent tumbling by the blows that Private Hive landed on her in the process. The sounds of battle died down, and the only sounds to be heard were those of Raven breathing heavy, and swaying on the spot.
"Well, she's a little battered, but I can still have some fun with her," Jinx spoke with the same wicked smile as earlier. She then said "Pick her up, and let's go before the rest of the Titans come looking for her." Private Hive hurried to comply, but as he got close to her, he was struck by something.
Raven was trying not to pass out due to the pain, but that only blurred her vision as she tried to gaze at who just attacked. Jinx was shocked, she hadn't seen anything yet something struck Hive, and now as he stood another hit sent him reeling. Jinx decided on a course of action "Show yourself coward!" and she quickly flung large amounts of hex blasts around her.
"Who are you calling a coward? You're the one who double teamed a lone girl, and you call me a coward. Scum, I suggest you leave or I'll kill you." A mysterious voice called to Jinx who desperately tried to figure out from where it had come from.
"What's wrong? Scared of me? I'm just a girl!" Jinx yelled and then she froze.
"I know you're a girl, a good proportioned girl at that, but I don't fear you. You fear me as you should, I can smell it." The voice spoke again, but this time warm breath tickled Jinx's neck as the owner of the voice spoke in her ear. She felt the stranger's hand roam around her rear, and stray close to her chest, and Jinx only trembled.
Private Hive had now recollected himself and he lunged at the now visible target but was swiftly kicked in the head, and put out of action permanently. "I'm gonna let you go because I didn't come here hunting you, understand? But sunshine's going to the police, got it?" Jinx only nodded, and then jumped as her rear was slapped, and she took off at a run.
Yoh turned back to the girl he'd saved. Yoh picked her up off the ground, and ran his hand on her cheek, scanning her body for any sign of injury; he found several wounds that were being healed by her own body, and Yoh quickly added his energy into it, completely healing her, and wiping away her exhaustion. She groaned, then her eyes opened, and Yoh's gaze was the first to meet hers.
"Are you alright, luv?" Yoh questioned as he set her gently on a park bench, and Raven took a good long look at him.
Long silver hair framing his face, only one glowing silver eye was visible as the other was covered by a black metal plated bandana with a jagged Red X on it, and his face was covered from his nose down by another black bandana. He wore black, white, and gray camo jeans, black combat boots, a tight black long sleeve t-shirt under a black sleeveless vest, the gloves on his hands were cut off at the fingers, so they were completely exposed.. "Who are y-you?" Raven asked, her voice trembling slightly, and the male in front of her suddenly looked thoughtful.
"That's a tough question," the guy in front of her said "hmm, who am I to you?"
Raven asked "What do you mean, tough question? It's an easy question." She thought about what he had said, then she added "To me, you're a stranger that just saved me from 2 of the city's usual bad guys, but I want to know who you are?"
Yoh smirked as he listened to the questions then he spoke "Well, cutie, I can't give you my usual name considering that it's burnt here, too. So I'll tell you my name, its Yoh, and it was a pleasure saving you" Yoh grasped her hand, and gently kissed it making her blush.
"Yoh has a nice ring to it, but what do you mean your name is burnt here? I've never heard of anyone using that name that's a criminal or anything." Raven said, but then she blushed crimson again as she quickly added "My name is Raven Roth, thank you for saving me."
Yoh smiled, then he tapped the metal plated bandana that slanted on his right eye, and said "If you're one of the city's heroes, then you'll recognize this mark," his right forefinger tapping the Red X.
Raven gasped then said "Red X!" but Yoh quickly cut her off as he said "I'm here to hunt the bastard that stole my name, and ruined it."
As Raven started to say something, screeching tires announced the arrival of the T-Car. Yoh observed that the metal man and the green guy jumped out, barely avoiding getting hit by a red motorcycle with a stylized R on the front that swerved to a halt in front of them and the person driving it jumped off followed by the metal man, the green guy, and now the orange girl as well.
"Raven, what the hell is your problem?" The lead figure yelled as soon as he walked up to her. He was dressed in green pants, steel toed boots, green gloves with a red vest with another stylized R on it, and a yellow and black cape with a domino mask covering his eyes. "Why didn't you answer your communicator? We had to fight Overload and Cinderblock at the Jump City bank," he yelled and then before Raven could say anything he yelled again "Where the hell were you? Enjoying the scenery?"
Raven got mad, her eyes glowed a blood red as she stood up and said "Look, Robin I-" she was interrupted yet again, but this time by the black clad individual next to her that had identified himself as Yoh, "Are you blind? Are those bright colors ruining your eyes or something, kid? She's tired right now, so I think you'd better not mess with her or you'll deal with me."
Robin was angry and he showed it "Shut the fuck up, this is between me and her. She can't just go on a stroll like she doesn't have any responsibilities. She's a member of the Teen Titans, and you're not, so you don't belong in this" he stepped forward and attempted to grab Raven's hand, and I say attempted, because suddenly before he could do anything, he was on the ground with his arm behind his back, and a boot on top of it.
"I told you she's tired, and I told you to check your tone. She's just fought two idiots that tried to kidnap her, and she's exhausted." Yoh said with a menacing voice, twisting the boy wonder's arm harder.
The rest of the Titans couldn't believe what they were seeing, Robin, trained by the Batman, Robin had been quickly immobilized in 4 seconds. They quickly recovered, and they got battle ready as Cyborg said "Let him go!"
Yoh just shrugged, and stepped back allowing Robin to jump to his feet, then he turned to the other Titans, and said "Let's go," and without saying anything to her, Robin jumped on his motorcycle and took off, followed by the rest of the Titans, who all only lingered a few moments to look at Raven.
Yoh turned and looked at Raven asking "Are you alright? Why did that jerk start yelling at you?" sitting next to Raven, and looking at the clear blue sky.
"He's mad about earlier," Raven whispered quietly and then she spoke up "I don't care, fuck him!" Yoh only shrugged his shoulders, and then he asked Raven, "Do you have anything to do, beautiful?"
Raven blushed, speaking "No, I don't, is there any reason for the question?"
Yoh only smiled and asked "Do you want to see the sights? I just arrived here in Jump City, and I gotta get used to this place." Raven giggled, then she pointed to Private Hive, where he still lay unconscious, and Yoh pulled out his cellphone. A few minutes later, H.W.A.T team appeared and picked up the unconscious villain, hereby releasing Yoh and Raven to enjoy the rest of the day unhindered.
The day went splendid for both of them, and as they were going to eat, they saw a crime in progress. It was none other than Dr. Light trying to steal a prototype light converter, and that would not do; Raven pulled her communicator out to call the rest of her team, but saw that it was broken "The asshole yelled at me, and this stupid thing was broken!" Raven hissed as she tossed it to the ground.
Yoh turned to her, "We can take him, he's weak and he hasn't really implemented a strategy."
Raven arched an eyebrow at the guy next to her, and asked "Since when are you a superhero?"
Yoh grinned and answered "Since I decided to step up and rescue this beautiful girl," slipping the metal plated headband over his left eye again, and covering his mouth all the way up to above his nose. Raven went red, but before she could say anything, a bus filled with people flew above them, and headed into a pile of flaming cars. Yoh moved quickly, disappearing in a blur of movement and reappearing in the middle of the air stopping the bus, and slowly lowering it to the ground.
Raven moved and it was time for action as she chanted her mantra "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" and sent pieces of sidewalk flying into Dr. Light who only raised an electrical barrier, then blasted Raven. Yoh rushed him and was pushed back by a searing beam of energy as it flew straight at him and he couldn't avoid it or it'd hit Raven.
Yoh drew his blade, rushing straight at Light, avoiding every single blast of energy that went his way; Yoh blurred out as he suddenly sped up, and appeared on the other side of Dr. Light, sheathing his katana as sparks erupted from Light's sliced suit.
"You fool! Do you know what you have done?" Light said with terror coloring his voice, then he continued "You cut into my suit's core, now it'll detonate with enough force to destroy all of the city center in a 4 mile radius." The villain dropped to the ground, then started to cry, and Yoh knew he had to do something about it.
He quickly gripped the suit's core where it was concealed, then he teleported in a flash, and launched the core straight into the sky. As he started to reach to teleport to the ground, the core exploded with enough force to slam Yoh into the asphalt, leaving a small crater.
Raven quickly rushed over to check if Yoh was alright. For some unknown reason, she felt worry as she checked his vitals, and made sure he wasn't dying; "Stupid idiot" she whispered softly as she healed him.
The Titans arrived on seen as the H.W.A.T team was taking away Dr. Light, and then they looked towards the direction where Raven sat with the yet unknown person.
Robin strode up, but this time he wasn't mad or raging, he only asked "What happened here, Raven? Are you alright?"
Raven only sneered at him and answered "Light was robbing Wayne enterprises and we stopped him. I didn't call because the communicator was broken," she added in the end and pointed towards where the non functional com lay.
Robin started to apologize but Raven cut him off "Stop. I don't want to hear it, just stop."
Robin looked crushed, and then as he started to say something else, Raven enveloped herself and Yoh in her raven soul form, disappearing in a quick burst of energy.
"Is friend Raven angry at us?" Starfire's innocent voice was heard, and Robin turned to face her and said "I don't know, Star, I seriously don't know." The Titans all left the scene as it was enveloped by reporters.
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'Hmm… a green ruby, now what are the odds of that. I think the Jump City museum won't mind if I 'borrow' it' Red X thought as he surveyed the room where said jewel was stored. Activating his thermal vision, he saw the crisscrossing array of laser trip wires, and he quickly found his entrance point.
With a short leap, he landed in the middle of the beams, and quickly somersaulted across the rest of the beams, landing gracefully on top of the display case. He pulled an jagged X from his belt, slicing the glass with ease, reaching into the case he took the jewel and bounded across the room in the same manner.
Once at the entrance, he looked back, and threw the glass section of the case back into the room 'I wonder if those kids will show up' he thought as the glass triggered the alarm.
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Yoh unmasked himself, removing the headband from his eyes and letting it hang from his neck alongside his mouth covering. The smell of salt water told him they were at the beach somewhere, but he didn't open his eyes to look; letting the sound of the waves relax him as he lay back on concrete.
'Why am I here? And why do I want this girl?' Yoh thought as he slowly opened his eyes, taking in the view of the bay. It was beautiful, and he commented on it "It's beautiful, just like you" he spoke quietly, making the girl beside him blush.
Yoh turned and gazed at Raven's eyes, and he opened his mouth to say something when a door slammed hard and to the 'boy fuckin wonder' walked outside. Raven got up and Robin froze where he stood, clearly not expecting Raven to be at the rooftop, "What are you doing here?" Robin asked nervously, and Raven arched an eyebrow at him.
"Look, boy blunder, the rooftop is my meditation spot as you know, and that's what I was doing until you ruined my concentration." Raven told him, making Robin gulp loudly.
Yoh chose that as his cue to exit, so he stoop up, dusting himself off thoroughly, his bandana and face mask back in place, and he said "Raven, sorry to leave you here, but I have a hunt to continue; I was wondering as to whether you'd be busy tomorrow?"
Raven saw Robin's eyes sharpen into a glare, and she responded "No, I'm not busy, what do you have I mind?"
Yoh's smirk could be seen behind the mask as he answered "It's a pleasant surprise, but only if the lady doth wish to accompany me, just make sure you bring your beautiful self and don't forget to smile. You look better with a smile." With that said, Yoh stepped forward and planted a quick kiss on her lips and he backed towards the edge of the roof.
"What time?" Raven called out, still standing where she was, wondering about the kiss.
"Seven o' clock, sharp!" Yoh answered and with that said, he let himself fall off the tower roof back first.
Robin rushed to the edge but when he looked down, the figure was gone; he looked back and saw the roof door swinging close as Raven made her exit. Robin ran after her, and caught up with her in front of her room door, and he called out "Raven, wait, I want to talk to you."
Raven turned and looked at him, waiting for what he had to say. "Raven, I seriously want to apologize to you, I acted like a total idiot," Robin also wanted to ask who that was on the roof but he didn't want to agitate Raven any further.
"I'm not going to even answer your 2nd question, so you might want to leave me alone," Raven told him curtly and she vanished into her room.
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The next morning, Raven woke up to the bright sunshine that flooded her room, thus proving that she overslept, and had to alter her morning routine. She froze and looked around when she remembered that her curtains had been closed when she went to bed; she quickly looked around the room and saw a wrapped package on her shelf. Reaching for it, she saw the note, and grabbed that first, opening up the heavy purple parchment and read it.
X- Dear Raven, I have brought you a simple gift that doesn't do your beauty justice. I don't know how well it'll fit considering my best friend Jenna made it with only a picture of you to work with. -X
Below the message, Raven saw something else penned in silver ink.
"You're beautiful, too beautiful for words, your enchanting amethyst orbs and your indigo hair, I can't think of much but you, I want to drown in your eyes.
I want to breathe you in, hold you against me,
Keep you for me,
I love everything about you,
You drive me wild,
I want to be the only one to love you
I want to be the only one to love you like this
I will love you forever,
Forever and a day
I will stay yours until you say go
I will be your eternal guardian
Hiding in the shadows
Forevermore"
-Yoh, Red X
Raven looked up from the note to see the silk wrapped package, and upon opening it, she found a beautiful shimmering black silk gown. Raven pulled out the simple yet beautiful piece of clothing, "Wow," Raven said as she gazed at her self in the mirror.
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Robin hadn't been able to sleep, his mind running over what had happened between himself and Raven 'Why was I so mad? I didn't even bother thinking about what happened.' He got up with that thought in his mind, showering, and then he headed to the roof where he expected Raven to be meditating, but he only found it empty.
Sighing, Robin sat down on the roof waiting for Raven; an hour passed and Raven didn't appear, another half an hour and Robin sighed, heading down to the kitchen for breakfast. Once in the kitchen, he saw Raven sitting down, having tea alongside a plate of exquisitely made breakfast; "Wow, that looks good, who made it?" Robin asked in a conversational tone, hoping that Raven wasn't angry at him any longer.
Raven looked up with a smile on her face "Red made this for me, and I also think he also made food for everyone else."
Robin's first thought was 'Who's Red? Is it that Shinobi from yesterday?' but he didn't ask as he waited for Raven to inform him if she wanted to, Raven smiled again before she said "Red is the guy from yesterday," before she could add anything else the sound of Cyborg making his way to the kitchen was heard.
"All kneel to the the emperor of breakfast, bow your heads lower mortals," Cyborg called out as he entered the kitchen, but the rest of his tirade was cut short when the enticing aroma of breakfast reached his nose. He zoomed over to Raven, who looked up at him with a questioning look in her eyes as he gazed at the food on her plate, he asked "Did you make this?"
Raven shook her head, saying "Red made it, and he also made food for everyone else," pointing to the kitchen counter, before going back to eat as Cyborg made it to the dish with his name on it.
Cyborg dug into the food, a plate of omelets, sausage wrapped in bacon, french toast, when he froze and looking up he asked with his mouth full of food "What do you mean, Red made it?" running his gaze around the kitchen until he found a note by the coffee machine.
To- Cyborg
From- Red
Hey man, I left this note to tell you, I had fun. Your security system is the first one in a long, long time that gave me any trouble. Don't get me wrong, I just snuck in to make a delivery, and make Raven a breakfast fitting for such a beautiful maiden, but since your system gave me a rush I made something for all.
Your fan,
da invincible Red.
Cyborg chuckled when he finished reading the note before sitting down and eating his food. The remaining titans joined them at the table, making it a meal shared by the whole team until Raven stood and walked out of the kitchen.
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Raven was in her room, sitting down to read when the alarm sounded, Robin's voice was heard through the system "Titans trouble" before she put her hood on and went to the living room where the view screen showed the information on the crime, "It's the H.I.V.E Five, they're robbing a bank."
The titans rushed to the scene, and once out of their respective vehicles they saw Jinx get tossed to the ground, wrapped up securely; Robin looked around and saw the rest of the H.I.V.E Five immobilized in different places and ways.
"Ay, I hope you don't mind that I took the liberty of stomping these guys," a voice called out from above them, and they looked up to see Yoh, dressed in his shinobi suit, standing on top of the bank sign.
Robin stepped forward and called "Thanks for the help, but who are you?"
Yoh jumped off the sign, landing smoothly in front of Robin and extended his hand towards him as he said "Trade name is burned here, so you can just call me Shadow." After a few seconds, Robin shook it, but before he could do more than open his mouth, he was interrupted.
"Dude, what kind of name is that? You're all extra noticeable!" the green changeling called out, waving his arms fast to accentuate his question.
Yoh smirked, cocking his head to the side then he disappeared. Beast Boy was looking around, searching for X when he heard a sound; "Alright, how's this for obvious?" Yoh asked as he stood behind BB, making the changeling jump forward and fall on his face; Yoh laughed as he gave the changeling a hand up, then he said "Alright, I think I'll be going."
As he turned away, he heard Raven call out "Thank you very much for earlier today." Yoh looked back as he bowed formally to her as he said "You deserve better, and I'll give it to you."
Raven blushed profusely and pulled her hood back up to cover her face as the other titans looked at Yoh, who only bowed again, before saying "If my presence is no longer required, I'll take my leave. After all, I still have to get ready for tonight," before his image blurred out of sight and disappeared.
All the titans were looking at Raven, who only blushed even more fiercely then she disappeared into a black pool of energy, teleporting to her room in the tower. Robin was going to opening his mouth to say something when Cyborg said "Robin, don't. Its Raven's business and she knows what she's doing."
Robin snapped back "How do you know that, Cy?"
Cyborg answered "She's an empath, and if she isn't threatened by him, then he isn't dangerous."
Robin shrugged his shoulder's in defeat and then just jumped onto his R-Cycle, and taking off full speed towards the tower.
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Yoh stood in the middle of the living room, his mind currently at work on something that only he could tell. Another person walked into the room, tall, thin, pale with a handsome triangular shaped face and with long, red flowing hair wearing a black button down shirt unbuttoned with red t-shirt under with black pants who said in a husky voice "Relax Yoh, I thing she'll like you the way you are."
Yoh snorted as he answered "Easy for you to say, Rubicante, easy for you to say," as he continued to examine himself in the long mirror on the wall.
Rubi spoke to Yoh, running his hands through Yoh's hair to fix it for him, "Did you finish what you were writing? It sounds beautiful, I think she'll like it." He finished his ministrations to Yoh's hair, who only stood there with what he wrote coursing through his mind.
Your beauty shines like a gem,
This love for you places me in shame.
Dark angels taste my tears
And whisper haunting requiems
Softly to mine ear,
I love the night,
It would murder my soul,
Should I ever fall blind,
For though thy flesh haunts,
I keep also in mind,
The stampede of clouds,
From Dusk's predatory sky.
Caught in thy net of shadows,
what dreams hast thou to show?
Who treads the silent meadows,
to worship thee below?
Yoh snapped back to reality when Rubi handed him something, "This'll help you with what you have in mind." Yoh looked at the object he held in his hands before trying to return it to the crimson haired man next to him.
"No, come on Rubi, I can't take this. Elna gave you this, and I know how precious it is to you." Yoh said, trying to return the jewel in his hands to Rubi, who pushed it back to him with a smile on his face.
"Relax, as long as it serves the purpose you have in mind, it won't matter if it's not in my possession," Rubi said, then pulled Yoh into an embrace as he added "Elna won't mind as long as you truly love her."
Yoh only nodded before separating himself from Rubi, before donning a billowing cloak that seemed to make him disappear into his surroundings giving him an appearance of being only partly there, a floating specter. Yoh let the cloak cover his face as he warped out of the room in the sinuous form of a dragon.
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Raven stood on the rooftop, the light of the full moon bathing her in a heavenly glow; she stood there thinking about Yoh, and what it was that pulled her towards him like gravity, allowed her to trust him even more than anyone else even the rest of the titans. As if thinking of him summoned him, Yoh appeared from the sinuous form of a dragon.
She gazed at him, and noticed that he was different. First, was that his once glowing silver eyes, were now rimmed by crimson, his hair now silver and blue slicked back out of his face creating long thick spikes that dipped around his ears and continued down to his neck; he wore seven earrings, 4 silver diamond studded hoops on his left ear, on his right he wore 3, one a jagged red x ruby stud, and the others were gold hoops; he was wearing a cloak that made his body disappear in the background, making him seem to be a floating head, and hands in front of her. Yoh smiled at her, a warm smile not given to many as he removed the fancloth cloak that he wore, revealing a black suit with a jagged red x on the collar on the coat.
Yoh, in turn admired Raven, who stood in front of him wearing the dress that Jenna had made for her. It seemed perfect, her standing bathed in moonlight making the shimmering black silk stand out as it coursed up from her legs to her shoulders, ending in thin straps that left her back exposed; Yoh gazed at her heart shaped face, her full lips, and those amethyst orbs that never seemed to look at anything but his soul as he spoke out loud, "You're beautiful, I cannot give words to your beauty."
Raven gave him a timid, yet real smile as she crossed the intervening space between Yoh and her. "You look handsome tonight," she said, the blush on her face adding to her beauty.
Yoh slowly bent to one knee and gently grasped her hand, planting a kiss on it; he straightened himself as he began the incantation, allowing his chakra to flow into the necklace that Rubicante had given him.
Raven watched as a mysterious fog started to appear, swirling around the tower as music started to play from seemingly the air itself.
( Cue English Summer Rain)
Always stays the same, nothing ever changes,
English summer rain, seems to last for ages.
Yoh extended his hand, and asked "Will you dance with me?" Raven wordlessly took his hand in hers as he led her into a slow dance with their arms around each other. She gasped as they started to dance on the very air itself, the fog swirling beneath their feet as it carried them higher into the sky.
Always stays the same, nothing ever changes,
English summer rain, seems to last for ages.
Raven smiled at Yoh, who only smile back at her as they continued to wordlessly dance in the air itself surrounded by the beauty of the stars in the sky. Raven gazed at the stars as they continued to dance across it on the swirling fog when a ring of ruby light slowly opened above them and they danced into it.
I'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
I'm in the basement, baby, drop on by.
I'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
I'm in the basement, baby, drop on by.
Both Raven and Yoh floated inside a ruby colored tunnel of light, dancing on to the music that reached their ears. Raven gasped when she saw what was outside the tunnel of light, all around them were stars, all shimmering brightly, their beauty enhanced by the strange light that filtered through everything.
Always stays the same, nothing ever changes,
English summer rain seems to last for ages.
Always stays the same, nothing ever changes,
English summer rain seems to last for ages.
Raven's gaze wandered across the whole area as the strange light started to pulse, drawing itself into a orb in the middle of everything, the stars twirling around them as Raven continued to gaze at them. Suddenly the core started to pulsate, slowly at first, then faster until suddenly they were outlined in a vivid flash of light; Raven was amazed, as Yoh passed her a thought 'A sight that only you should see, the beginning of everything and anything'
They both continued to dance, caught in the light of the beginning of the universe, lost in each other's gazes.
Hold your breath and count to ten,
and fall apart and start again.
Hold your breath and count to ten,
start again and start again.
Hold your breath and count to ten,
and fall apart and start again.
Start again, start again, start again, start again.
The music slowly faded as Yoh and Raven slowly exited the ring of light, both locked in each other's gaze, both not daring to break away before the other. The swirling fog thinned out until it was nothing but mist again once they reached the top of the titans tower, Yoh slowly raised his right hand as a floating orb of light came down from the disappearing ring of light.
Raven held her breath as a figure of her appeared from the light, made of beautiful crystal that was clear yet strangely opaque at the same time. Yoh slowly extended his hand out, with a long shining necklace with a beautiful cut jewel on it in the shape of a dragon surrounding a heart; both glowing an amethyst color, with the center pulsating a silver color. Raven couldn't help but gaze at the necklace in Yoh's hand, and she spoke in a timid voice "It's beautiful, but I don't deserve it. It's some-"
Yoh cut her off gently placing one finger on her lips, then slowly placing it around her neck, and closing the clasp on it as he gently told her "It chooses who deserves it, and it has chosen you," stepping away from her to see her standing there in the moonlight, he added "It's beauty pales in comparison to you, but it is only completed by this," Yoh turned and pointed at the crystal statue, it's face smiling in boundless joy.
Yoh was surrounded by a glow as he spoke, his aura swirling in all colors.
Your beauty shines like a gem,
This love for you places me in shame.
Dark angels taste my tears
And whisper haunting requiems
Softly to mine ear,
I love the night,
It would murder my soul,
Should I ever fall blind,
For though thy flesh haunts,
I keep also in mind,
The stampede of clouds,
From Dusk's predatory sky.
Caught in thy net of shadows,
what dreams hast thou to show?
Who treads the silent meadows,
to worship thee below?
Raven's eyes filled with tears as she listened to Yoh speak, his voice clear as he spoke to her soul, his open like the pages of a book and Raven couldn't bear it. She moved forward and wrapped her arms around Yoh, who reacted in the same way and they both kissed, only the silence of the moonlit night filled their ears. They stood without moving until slowly but surely the haze around the tower burned away in the light of the coming dawn; Yoh smiled at her, and said "It is late my love, I'll see you again when the night is young, and peaceful."
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Raven awoke feeling happy, emotions unchecked yet nothing was exploding. She sat there on her bed, wondering why she felt the way she felt until an unfamiliar weight made it's presence known, she grasped it and gazed at it, a slow smile appearing on her face as the amethyst glowing dragon wrapped around a heart pendant met her eyes.
'Not a dream,' Raven thought as she slowly got up, and grabbed extra clothes, heading into her shower; once done, she with a towel wrapped around stepped out of her room to see the sight of Robin standing in the doorway of her room. Raven quickly ducked back into the bathroom, closing the door behind her as she yelled "What the hell are you doing?"
"I wanted to talk with you about yesterday," Robin said, his masked face making him look angry, which Raven felt that he was.
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Yoh felt someone next to him, and he immediately grasped the person next to him, holding the person close while murmuring softly "I love you," pulling the person closer until he heard a familiar voice.
"I've known all along, and I love you too," the amused voice of Rubicante was heard making Yoh's eyes snap open as he released Rubi and tumbled off the bed where he currently lay.
"Ha, ha, now that you're awake, I wanted to ask about last night," Rubi said, a mischievous smile playing on his lips as he added "Did it work or not? Come on tell me, the suspense is killing me."
Yoh muttered darkly before he said "I'm going to kill if you do that again," breaking out into chuckles when he looked at his face, he added "It went perfect, everything was just right."
"You do know that you owe me big time," Rubi informed Yoh, who was now up and was stretching, "Those team member's of hers came outside when their alarm sounded and they were desperately trying to break into the fog barrier. I had to step in and help them deal with some geeky fool with a super remote control. I almost killed him, that's how bad he annoyed me." Rubi got off the bed, and headed towards the kitchen where Yoh followed him as Rubi started making breakfast.
"Want something in particular?" Rubi asked Yoh, who looked up thoughtfully before saying "Nope, I'll just have some scrambled eggs and bacon." Rubi nodded and delved back into his cooking some sort of thought running through his head as Yoh could see.
"You gave her the pendant I see, but how did it react?" Rubi asked as he served Yoh his food, and served himself as he waited for Yoh to answer the question.
"Yeah, it reacted. It stopped glowing red and started glowing amethyst with a silver center." Rubi leaped up and went at Yoh to envelop him in a hug but Yoh dodged out of the way as he said "I"m not letting you hug me, I'm serious."
Rubi smiled as he said "Did she like the gifts that you gave her?" Yoh nodded as he told him "She said she wasn't worth them, and she refused to take it at first."
Rubi smiled as he said "The pendant wouldn't have changed colors if she wasn't worth it, but I know that you told her that." Yoh nodded and Rubi smiled as he said "Well, its time to get ready to meet her and there's also been another sighting of that impostor." Yoh only nodded as he continued to eat.
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"So what if I was with him?" Raven yelled at Robin, who retaliated by saying "You have a duty and a responsibility to this team."
Raven rolled her eyes as she answered "Not that again, I know and I also happen to know that you all can deal with most of the criminals in Jump City without me," Robin only stared at her before turning his back and stalking away from her.
A/N – If you're reading this, then you've read Stage 1 of Enter Red X, hope you enjoyed it, and please review, and tell me if it sucked or not as well as any constructive criticisms that might help me out with this, yeah.
Until we meet again, this is AegisX, laterz