zervus,
and the next chapte. why did it take so long? easy, bacause NO ONE saw any need to give me some feedback untill DevilKeys Writing considered this story worth to call it a favorite. So this chapter could be considered dedicated to you.
what's happening? Well, Raven wakes up, is fucking confused about Raziel and a bit of a fight( or a massacre later on) and more Raziel-Raven interaction.
enjoy it( or hate it).
PS: for those who read Chapter 2 mindfully: forget i had Robin mention Slade's return; we're still prior 'Birthmark'. sorry about that.
As Raven opened her eyes she was very confused. 'That was a wired dream,' she thought while she propped herself up on her elbows, 'First I loose control and then Raziel comes to comfort me and shows me…!' Raven had brought her hand to her face to rub the sleep from her eyes but stopped when she noticed her clothed hand and stared at it, 'Since when do I sleep in my clo…!!! It wasn't a dream; it was real!' She let her eyes travel the room and noticed that everything seemed like always, except that some books were not in the right place and it confused her. 'Hadn't I… destroyed most of it? But who could have…! Raziel! He's the only one who could have done this.' Raven moved out of the bed and up to her closet in search for some fresh clothes. 'Was it all true what he showed me? True, the alikeness between the two has always been there but….' Raven shook her head as she peeled off the old leotard and slipped into a new one. Those thoughts could wait, for now she had to figure out how to meet her teammates and friends.
She left her room and headed for the living room, expecting Cyborg to be up and making breakfast as usual and Beastboy sitting in front of the TV, playing those silly games of his. But none of them was present. In fact it was only Raziel sitting on the couch, a piece of rock levitating and spinning over his right palm. He seemed to be very concentrated on this task, seeing that he didn't look up when Raven entered the room. Raven studied him for sometime, slightly amazed how a single person could have so many personalities. 'You're not any better,' chided Knowledge in her mind. Raven, surprised that her emotions had it that easy to get to her, strengthened her blockade while she let out a small sigh. Knowledge was right, so what? Raven's was so not in the mood to quarrel with her emotions. Suddenly a heavy hand landed on her right shoulder accompanied by a light voice, "Morning Raven. Is it save around you or should I make a run to take cover behind the kitchen counter?" Raven looked up at a smiling Cyborg and her heart felt a bit lighter as she spoke, "Cy I…." "It's cool Raven. It's not like anyone was hurt or you did it by design." Raven managed a thankful smile that Cyborg mirrored only a lot brighter. "Morning you two." The two looked ahead to see Raziel rise form the couch and stretch his arms. "Morning Raziel," said Cyborg while he made his was to the kitchen, "Anything I can fix you?" "Just a very big can of coffee. I don't usually eat in the morning." "A big can of coffee coming right up." Raziel walked up to the kitchen counter and leaned his back against it while he studied Raven through out of the tail of his eyes, "Slept well?" "Good enough," answered Raven dryly while she walked behind the counter, fixing herself a can of tea.
"You take the usual I suppose Raven," asked Cyborg while he placed a cup and a can in front of Raziel, who didn't even bother to use the cup. He just placed the can against his lips and started to gulp down the searing hot liquid in a matter of seconds. "AHHH! That was exactly what I needed." Cyborg stared at Raziel whispering more to himself then anyone else, "Damn it. That coffee had at least 140°F." "It did? Must have missed it," said Raziel while scratching the back of his head. Cyborg burst out in laughing, "HAHAHAHA! Man you're something."
In the next ten minutes the rest of the Titans came to get their daily feeding, during which Raziel looked out of the window towards Jump City. Raven noticed that once more he had a piece of rock spinning over his right hand and was about to question him, aka demanding an answer, when Robin spoke up, "Hey Raziel, mind telling us a bit more about yourself? Looks like we'll be seeing more of you in the future." "Why not." Raziel pulled up a chair and sat down between Raven and Cyborg. "Alright, best you ask your questions and I'll piece together an answer." "What are those powers of yours," asked Beastboy, looking like he wasn't sure he really wanted to know everything. "Well, there is no term to describe what I am but I think of myself as an elementalist. Someone combining the powers of a pyromancer, geomancer, aeromancer and aquamancer. Also I have a smaller access to powers similar to Raven's. But I should tell you that I have also looked into the… questionable sides of magic." "What do you mean with that friend Raziel?" "I mean that… I have dived into the arts of necromancy." "WHAT?!" "Cool down. I don't run around animating corpses just for fun. I was just bound to stumble over some spells when I researched something and sometimes it's rather useful to summon a dead scout." The Titans settled back down but eyed him carefully and Raziel sighed, "Listen: while I researched the roots of my elemental powers I read a book or two about necromancy. Back then I knew I had access to demonic magic but the books I could get my hands on were written by humans and they often confuse demonic magic with necromancy, ok? Up to now I only used one spell: a spell to reanimate the corpse of an animal and I only used them to scout out areas." "He's right," said Raven, "It's not easy to come by demonic spell books and humans do confuse demonology with necromancy."
Raven's words settled the minds of the other Titans and Raziel nodded briefly towards Raven, who made a quick hand gesture going along the lines of 'Don't mention it'. "Well, that's about my powers. What else do you want to know?" "Why have you come to Jump City in the first place," asked Robin. "Well, I have traveled the whole of my world and half of this and just happened to make a pit stop here. I heard stories about you guys and it sparked my curiosity. I sniffed a bit around on both sides of the law and by chance stumbled over the Death Cult. It was obvious you weren't aware of it so I tried to contact you. Well, the cops spotted me while I tried to figure out another way then just showing up at your doorstep. What then happened wasn't what I had in mind but it worked didn't it?" Raziel by now had his elbows on the edge of the table, the tips of his index fingers brought together while he rested the back of his nose against them. "Anything else you want to know?" The five Titans were silent for a moment. Raven knew more then enough about him for her liking while the others just couldn't figure out another question right now.
Suddenly the silence was broken by some alarm going off and the Titans, used to whatever alarm went off, rushed down to their rooms and left a slightly confused Raziel behind. 'And what the hell is this all about?' He waited two minutes for them to return and then got up after still no one was coming back searching for them. 'OK, where are they? I mean they can't all just vanish into thin air.' Raziel reached the garage and noticed that the T-car as well as Robin's bike were gone and he frowned, 'Always busy it seems.' He mounted his own bike and put his shades in place before he let the engine roar, 'Time to hunt some teens.'
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Raziel shot through the streets in search for the Titans when he came to an abrupt halt in front of a TV shop due to a red light and by accident let his eyes travel the display. 'What in the blazes?' There, flickering on the focusing screen of a third hand TV were the Titans battling a horde of… moths? 'Oooookay, they do know a lot of sick guys; that I second from now on.' He waited even after the light had turned green, hoping he would get a hint on where the Titans were and soon got his answer. 'Close to a high school, somewhere near the shore; shouldn't be too difficult to find them.' Suddenly his eyes caught several very big moths on the screen and he frowned, 'Looks like I should take this seriously.' He turned his bike on the spot and shot off into the opposite direction and through a red portal that he left right after he had entered it but his attire had changed: he was back in his bone-colored robe.
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Raziel was racing through the city, pushing the engine of his bike towards its limits. By now he sensed the Titans in the distance and felt that they seemed rather unhappy with the situation. He needed to get there fast as he felt a serious drop in vigor from both Raven and Beastboy. 'I have to get there ASAP.' He once more let the engine holler as he was raising the speed to nearly 300 mph, only noticing his surroundings like a blur. The police had tried to stop him once after he crossed the 100 mph mark but he got rid of them easily.
He finally reached his destination and was rather surprised. At least 2000 moths at the size of dogs where buzzing around the street and all Titans were totally caught up in the fight and not noticing him. He slowed down considerably when he noticed a single girl in a pinkish dress crawling through the middle of the chaos and he frowned, 'What the hell does she think she's doing?' He accelerated once more and shot right into the middle of it as he bend to his left side and picked the girl easily off the street by her waist, keeping her secure under his arm while he came to an abrupt halt.
Robin, who had recognized the roaring engine as Raziel entered the picture, slapped several moths away with his staff and turned to Raziel, "You might want to watch out!" "Don't worry," answered Raziel, "I got everything under cont… OUCH!!" Robin turned around and saw the girl under Raziel's arm stab the demon's tight several times with a knife, and she was VERY close to hit something VERY vital. 'Maybe I should have warned him about Kitten.'
"You god damn, little bitch!" Raziel threw the girl to the ground while he removed the knife from his tight, MUCH too close to a special organ of his if you asked him. He looked down at where she had stabbed him and already saw how his blood soaked the robe while he dismounted his bike, pressing one hand against the wounds, "You damn bitch; you're going to pay for this." "Let her live," shouted Robin between some attacks, "we want to turn her in later." "OH she will life, I just can't promise she will be in one piece after I'm through with her!" Raziel looked up at the girl and noticed that she had recovered from his throw and even recollected her knife and his eyes darkened, "What do you think you're going to do with that little piece of metal?" "Oh I don't know," mused Kitten while she tabbed the tip of the knife against her chin, "Maybe I'll aim a bit more to the right for disturbing my quality time with Robby-poo." "ROBBY-POO?!" "Don't ask Raziel, just don't ask," shouted Robin while he remembered this special episode of his 'love life'. "I don't think I want to know," muttered Raziel while he walked closer to Kitten but winced when he put some pressure on his injured leg. "OH, is the poor baby hurt? Shall Kitten kiss it all good?" "'Kiss it all good' my ass, bitch," growled Raziel while he flashed her a sadistic, toothy smirk from under his hood, "Now, let me show you what I think of what you tried to do." Raziel stretched his arms to his side as several, twenty centimeter long, needle-like objects shot forth from under his sleeves. He raised his arms and crossed them over his chest so it seemed like the needles were claws framing his face. "Now bitch, let's see how you feel when someone aims at YOUR vital body parts." "What?! My beautiful face?!" "NOW YOU DAMN BITCH! I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT CUSTOMIZED RACK OF YOURS! AND A FEW THINGS DOWN SOUTH!" Raziel let go of the needles and soon some drove into Kitten's left tight, her right shoulder and one straight into her right nipple. "YOU FUCKING MOTHERFUCKING SON OF A GOAT FUCKED WHORE!" "Keep my family out of this if you want to stay alive," growled Raziel as his body was enshrouded with a blue glow. The glow gathered at his right hand and then he rushed at Kitten, his right fist drawn back, ready to strike her. Kitten managed to dodge to the left and the blow missed her but still she was hit by something else. A tornado had formed around Raziel's fist and that tornado had cut into Kitten's right arm a few times, leaving several open gashes. "HOW DARE YOU; YOU… YOU…YOU…." "Ran out of wiggings already? Fine, I only hope it stays that way."
Suddenly Kitten pulled out something that looked like a remote and pressed several buttons, "Let's see if daddy's invention works." All the moths stopped whatever they were doing and began to shake violently before they grew in size and nearly reached the size of a horse. "Great man, JUST GREAT," shouted Cyborg as he and Raven stood back to back, trying to keep the bugs away. "I have had enough of this fucking bullshit," said Raziel while he placed his palms together, "Star! You might consider getting out of the air as it won't be save for much longer!" Starfire looked puzzled at Raziel but eventually did as she was told. The sadistic smirk returned to Raziel's features and he spoke with a voice dripping with malice, "Today's dinner: fried moth al a Raziel." Raziel moved his arms in one line with his shoulders, his palms facing towards the sky and a torrent of blue lightning shot upwards from each of his hands and soon storm clouds formed above the place. And then thunderbolt after thunderbolt came down from the sky, frying those mutated moths in a matter of moments after finding their targets. "ASHES TO ASHES; DUST TO DUST!"
Raziel turned his head towards Kitten and his eyes glimmered with dark pleasure, "And now it's your turn." He pointed his right hand straight at Kitten and a single thunderbolt crashed down on Kitten, shocking her body with nearly 1000 volts. Kitten twitched from the shocks before the thunderbolt died away and left her lying on the ground, crispy and burned. "There you have what you get when really pissing me off," muttered Raziel as he swayed on his feet, feeling the drain of battle getting to him while the storm ebbed away. 'Maybe this last move was a bit overkill.'
"Just what the hell were you thinking?!" Robin was standing before Raziel fuming like he had just seen a whole town die by the demon's hands, "Didn't I tell you not to kill?!" "Don't get a fit," said Raziel, managing a small smirk, "she isn't dead. I just went a bit overboard and shocked her more then I intended but she should be alright when she wakes up." "What?" "I said she isn't dead. Just down for the count, so cheer up. I don't kill that willingly, although I admit that those moths got ten times her charge." Raziel felt how his mind started to slip from reality and he just managed to say, "And now I take a nap, wake me for supper tomorro…." Raziel dropped forward, landing face first on the street and started snoring like he wanted to wake the dead.
The five Titans stood next to their fallen comrade and stared at each other. Finally Beastboy managed to mutter some words, "Damn it. Remind me to stay on his good side." "Hey, he's still bleeding like hell," shouted Cyborg as he inspected Raziel's body. "We've got to get him back to the Tower and that pronto." "I'll take care of it," said Raven in her usual bored voice and she hosted one of Raziel's arms over her shoulders and straightened her back. "Well, later." And with that she stepped into a newly summoned portal and was gone. The rest of the Titans just stood there, looking around at the amount of goo the moths had turned into. "I only hope we don't have to clean up this mess," muttered Beastboy while he stopped trying to imagine just how much glibber there was lying on the street. "For once we agree on something BB," said Robin while he looked to their right, seeing two cop cars speeding up to them.
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As Raven stepped out of the portal she was in the Tower's hospital and quickly hosted Raziel on a bed and removed his blood drenched robe. 'He must have lost a lot of blood. Nearly his whole robe is red by now.' Raven looked at Raziel's left tight and noticed that blood was still dripping form his wounds. A dark realization came over Raven as she observed several drops form a steady stream, 'I have to get under those pants.' Now Raven was not the girl to get all flushed about seeing a male in his underwear but… she was just getting very cautious around Raziel. She had seen his… perverted side and didn't even want to think about the remark she would get should he wake up while she treated his wounds. 'Better get this over with fast,' thought Raven while she used her telekinesis to lift Raziel into the air. She quickly unbuckled the belt but then stopped to cast a quick glaze up at Raziel's face. Yep, still out cold. Very quickly she yanked the pants off Raziel and once more cast a look at Raziel. Still dead to the world.
Raven discarded the pants together with the robe into the trash cane, believing that nothing would get the blood stains out the textile. She turned back to Raziel before she looked around for some bandages and disinfection. She was pretty sure Raziel would wake up if she used her magic on his wounds she would avoid this under all circumstances. Soon she had everything set and ready and turned to inspect the wounds closer when the next shock hit her. Four of those wounds were VERY close to… something very manly and Raven gulped hard. 'Damn it. And of course those are bleeding the most.' Normally Raven would have stopped now and waited for one of the boys to arrive and patch up Raziel but at the rate Raziel was loosing blood he would be dead until they others arrived so she… had to… get this boxers… off him…. Oh, how she wished any villain would just trash the place right now. 'I am not going to do this…. I just can't.'
Raven looked around, trying to find something that would help her and her eyes landed on a scalpel. 'Maybe….' She looked back at Raziel and thought it over. Those wounds were fare enough away from… IT so she could use the scalpel to cut away part of the material and he still would be covered, so she did just that. She used the scalpel to make on long cut up to the waistband and peeled away the texture from the wounds and was slightly surprised. She had expected normal wounds and not wounds that looked like they had been festering for days. 'What was that for a knife Kitten used on him? Either it was very dirty or….' Raven quickly gazed up at Raziel to verify that he was still asleep before she placed her left hand against the wounds and closed her eyes, checking if the knife could have been imbued with magic. But to her relief it had not been. Raven quickly went to work and cleaned the wounds, praying to who ever was in charge out there that Raziel would not wake up and it seemed like her prayers were heard. She managed to finish her task after a few minutes and quickly lowered Raziel back to the bed before she started to look for a cover. She soon found one and turned back to Raziel when she noticed something. 'Did… IT… just twitch?' She looked again and most certainly there was something rising at his lower regions. 'OH MY GOD! This can't be happening!' Raven rushed next to him and quickly threw the blanket over him before she hurried towards the door and cast a look pack. 'Yes, still rising.' And with this observation she dashed out the door towards the living area. OH, how she needed some herbal tea right now.
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Raven was sitting on the couch in the living room sipping her fourth cup of tea, still trying to get this damn image out of her head. Suddenly it was like sledgehammers banged down on her head and soon she lost herself thinking only one thing, 'Whatever they want, they are going to pay for this.'
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Raven opened her eyes and immediately recognized the plains of her mind. She looked around and was about to curse when she saw witch emotions had summoned her: Affection and Love! "What do you two want?" "Oh nothing really," started Affection as she looked at Raven strangely while playing with her dark violet hood, "Love and I were only discussing a matter and thought your opinion could be of value." "My… opinion?" "Of course," cooed Love, drawing closer to Raven, "Well you see, we figured everyone out so far. Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, even Beastboy has been labeled. Now we're stuck with the last two." "And who might that be," snorted Raven, already getting fed up with the whole ordeal. "Raziel… and Terra." Raven nearly dropped headfirst into the rocky ground as she heard those two names. "We just can't agree if you see them as friends and feel affection for them or if you see more in them and feel love." Raven tried to remain calm and collected but she just stared at the two emotions, "Why are you even thinking about this?!" "Hey," said Affection with a pout on her face, "We are who we are so get used to it." "Yes," added Love while she got a dreamy look on her face, "you know both of them have their respective arguments for pro an…." "SHUT UP!" Raven was pressing her hands against her ears to block out the rambling of her two emotions. "JUST SHUT UP! I can't belief you pulled me here for this nonsense! Stay away from me with those questions, is that clear?!" Not awaiting an answer Raven disappeared, leaving two smirking emotions behind. "Oh Raven," whispered Affection as her smirk grew into a smile, "Denial is the first step to great love. I only wonder who you will choose."
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As Robin and the rest of the gang returned a few hours later they found Raven meditating in the living room by no one even approached her. All four kind of knew that Raven was in a bad mood. So they settled with their normal activities: Cyborg and Beastboy turned on the PS3 while Robin went training accompanied by Starfire. The two first came back when it was time for dinner. They all had sat down and even managed to get Raven to eat something without her blowing them up to mars, when they heard steps coming down the hallway. The door opened and revealed Raziel staggering through, dressed in a bathrobe he seemingly had found somewhere. "Oh maaaaan. Anyone got the number of the truck that hit me?" "Actually… you did this to yourself," answered Cyborg while he went to fix Raziel a plate of food. "I?" "You lost consciousness due to your loss of blood," stated Raven dryly, not even lifting her eyes from her plate. Raziel, by now handed a plate through Cyborg, looked briefly down at the steak and French fries before he quickly sat down and started to devour the whole thing in only a few seconds. "Is there anything else," mumbled Raziel as he swallowed the last remains of the steak. Cyborg, slightly shocked that someone was able to eat faster then himself besides Starfire, stood up and took Raziel's plate, "I'll fix you something. Just be patient a few minutes." "I'd probably tell that patience was never a strength of mine." Raziel leaned back on his chair and fixed his eyes on Raven, "Mind to tell me where we clothes are?" "In the trash can of the med wing." "Everything?" "Yes." Raziel closed his eyes and stretched out his right hand. A swishing sound echoed through the halls of the Tower as suddenly a small rock appeared in the room and shot towards Raziel. "What's this," asked Beastboy while he watched the rock spin over Raziel's palm. "Just a little project I started to work on not too long ago." Raziel caught the look Robin cast at him and nodded shortly to confirm the leader's suspicion.
"Alright, I just hope this will last a bit longer," said Cyborg as he placed a plate loaded with steaks, sausages and fried potatoes in front of Raziel, whose eyes blazed over with something. "Cy, you just earned yourself a place among my gods."
And then Raziel massacred the food. Everyone except for Raven stared with open mouths how someone could stuff that many food in this short time. After only ninety seconds the plate was empty and Raziel leaned back, patting his abdomen with his left hand while he wore a satisfied grin, "THAT was exactly what I needed." Silence hang in the air as no one said anything. Suddenly Robin slapped his forehead, "Damn, I nearly forgot: the mayor wants to thank us… again. And this time he has set up a whole banquet all of us have to attend; as well as the new Titan." Everyone first looked at Robin before their views turned towards Raziel, who was once more spinning the rock over his right hand.
After a good minute he noticed the attention on him and dug through his mind to find Robin's last words to figure out why everyone was staring at him. "Waaaaait," said Raziel as realization dawned on his face, "the mayor doesn't think…." "That you're a new Titan? Yep, he does." "And you didn't saw it necessary to correct him about this?!" "Actually… I planed on asking you to become a Titan," said Robin while he held out his right hand to Raziel, a T-Com on top. Raziel looked at Robin, than at the T-Com and back to Robin several times, his eyes wide with astonishment. Finally able to speak again he made a T sign with his hands, "Break. You kind of lost me here. You want me to become a Titan and the mayor holds a banquet because of that little barbeque?" "Sums it up pretty much," sated Robin with a small smile on his lips. For once since he met him he had the advantage over Raziel. Before Raziel could come up with a reply Raven rose from her stool and left the room through a portal.
"Eh, what was that," asked Raziel, trying to change the subject for now. "She does this once or twice a month," answered Beastboy, "She just takes off and returns after a few hours. She's always there when we need her so we thought better of it then question her about it." Raziel nodded his head and gained a thoughtful look on his face. "So," interrupted Robin his thoughts, "What's your answer?" "There is no getting away, huh?" Raziel sighed slightly before he took the device from Robin's hand, "Fine, I cave. But don't even think that I'll be sticking around for the rest of my life. There are still too many hams to check." "What has ham to do with this friend Raziel?" All the boys hollered with laughter at Starfire's naïve question and even Robin couldn't keep his amusement inside.
"Tell me more about this banquet. Is it formal, semi-formal, or whatever?" "Formal," muttered Robin as his face got a look equal to the one he had when he agreed to take out Kitten for prom. "Urgh, you just had to say that, huh? Now this day officially sucks." "Tell me about it," muttered Robin as he thought about the suit in his closet. OH, how he wished it would stay there for ever. Raziel rose from his stool and stretched his arms, "Looks like I don't have much of a choice. I'll go shopping, see you later," A fire lit up in his eyes and soon the same element pooled at his feet before it consumed him.
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Raziel returned a good thirty minutes later, dressed in the civil attire the Titans were by now used to, something pole-shaped wrapped in a black cloth under his left arm. He looked briefly around and spotted Cy doing the dishes while Beastboy got his ass handed to him through Robin at 'MC'. Starfire was standing behind them, still trying to figure out how to control the images on the screen with the game pads. "Anyone got the time to show me to the gym?" "Sure, just give me another minute to cream BB and… BANG! You're down BB." "Oh man, no fair." "Come Raziel, time to see what you are made of." "Actually Robin, it would be bets if you let me train the first round alone so you don't get full of yourself and get harmed if we spar." Robin stared at Raziel while the two made their way to the gym followed by the other three, "And that means?" "You'll see. My way of close combat might be different to what you're used to."
They had reached the gym and Raziel looked around, "Nice place. How much?" "Enough, trust me." "Like it. A tip: stay away from me till I'm finished with my warm-up." Raziel unwrapped the pole-like object under his arm and removed the cloth. He revealed the blood red sheath of his sword and drew it with his right hand. He placed the sheath carefully on a nearby bench before he gripped the handle with both hands and held it close to his chest. He started to slowly move the sword as if he was blocking the incoming attacks of an invisible opponent. Over the time Raziel's movements got faster and faster, now end then broken by an attack. After only ten minutes he was only visible for the other Titans as a black and silver blur and all of them took a few steps backwards. "Incredible," muttered Cyborg while he tried to keep up with his movements, "Even I can just barely keep track of his movements." "Now I understand why he trains alone," said Robin.
After nearly thirty minutes at this speed Raziel started to slow down and finally came to a stop. His breathing came quicker and heavier while he sheathed his sword again, "Phuu, anyone got some water?" "Here you go man." "Thanks Cy." Raziel easily caught the bottle and drained the liquid in a matter of seconds. "Hey Raziel, mind to answer us some questions about your biology?" "Go ahead Robin." "How strong is your body really? I mean, you withstood punches from an angry Starfire, we hardly stand a chance if she's not pissed." "Demons and part-demons have a slightly different build compared to you humans. We still share mostly the same organs but they are arranged a bit differently. Also our bones are built nearly five times as durable as the human bone is. Raven and I, in face of the fact that we're only half demons, are not as resistant as full blooded demons but still you need quite some firepower to truly injure us. And speaking of Star: she does pack quite some force in those punches but I have gotten worse in the past." "So that is why Raven hardly got any serious injuries." "Probably Cy. But I dare to say that her magic had something to do with it as well." Raziel whipped a thin layer of sweat from his fore head while he reached for his sword once more. "How long would this session take?" Raziel looked up at Robin with a slightly surprised look on his face, "Another hour or two. Why?" "Because we have to leave in 49 minutes to be in time for the banquet." "Curse this official bull! Nhh, looks like I don't have much of a choice. I'll hit the shower if you don't mind" "Uhm… could you do us a favor before you do that?" "And that would be…?" "Tell Raven." "Why me?" "Well, I doubt that contacting her via the T-Com would work, it never did before, so you will be able to reach her faster then anyone of us." "Robin, just because Raven and I share the same blood doesn't mean we share everything she can do. But I have my own way of transportation… and a damn good guess where she might be." And with that he disappeared in a torrent of fire.
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Raziel reappeared in a stone tunnel and silently headed deeper into the darkness, 'Let's see if I was right.' He stepped out of the tunnel and into a cave with a lava pool below. He looked ahead and saw Raven sitting on the floor before Terra's 'statue'. "I guessed you'd be here." Raven shot to her feet and turned around, a frightful expression on her face but before she could open her mouth to speak Raziel continued, "You better get back to the Tower. The banquet starts soon." He turned around and attempted to head back down the tunnel when he was blocked by a wall of back. He looked over his shoulder at Raven and saw that she had raised one hand at him. "How did you find me?" "As I said, I guessed." "That was too good for a guess." "Let's talk about this later. Right now we don't have the time." "No, we talk now!" Raziel turned fully towards Raven and walked up to her, standing only 10 centimeters away from her. "Trust me," hissed Raziel as he looked down at her, "you don't want to discuss this now. My mood already isn't the bets due to this god damn banquet. Either you wait till later or you can wait forever." Raven stared up in those blood red seas and needed to suppress a shudder. Right now Raziel looked ready to just rip her head off if she made just one wrong decision. "Fine." Raziel took a step back from her, "Good for you. And now you better hurry up." And with a flash of fire he was gone, leaving Raven to ponder what to do.
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"So where did you find her?" Raven just had entered the T-Tower through one of her portals when she heard Beastboy ask this specific question and it could only be directed at…. "Just where I expected her BB." 'Raziel great. How do I manage to hide where I was when he's going to blabber it out?' Raven turned the corner and saw Raziel and Beastboy walking down the hallway. "She was at this Goth place downtown. Took quite some time to find her in this mass of black." Raven stopped immediately. 'He's… covering me…?' "AW man, and I thought she was somewhere embarrassing and I could…." "You could what?" The two males looked ahead and saw Raven standing before them, her expression cold and fixed on Beastboy. The shape shifter gulped hard before he took off into the direction they had come from shouting, "Shower's third at your left!" Raziel turned back to Raven and snickered slightly, "Hopefully he will survive this run in." "Which run in?" "Do you really think I didn't sense you sending a few shadows after him?" A slight blush creped on Raven's cheeks as she turned away from Raziel and headed down the corridor towards her room.
yes i know what you guys must be thinking : Raven is waaaaay too emotional. But know what: i'm the author and i call the shots in this story so life with it.
T signing out for now