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Trigon's Return (Chapter 2)
The Titans were all sitting on the couch, Raven was reading one of her spell books, Cyborg and Beast Boy were playing video games even though it was obvious that Cyborg would win, Starfire was watching them play, and Robin looked back and forth from Raven and his hands, he was still thinking about their relationship. Just then a sudden crash had scared the Titans, everyone rushed outside to see what was going on.
On the rock that Titan tower was built on lay a boy that looked like he was about 17 maybe. He had chestnut brown hair and was wearing a white cloak, his skin was pale, not as pale as Raven's though, he also had a red charka jewel on his forehead. Underneath his cloak was a note. "Get him to the infirmary, now!" Robin yelled as Cyborg picked him up and took him to the infirmary, Beast Boy and Starfire followed. "This note, it says: My name is Lupe, I have come from the mystic realm of Azarath, I am here to take princess Rachel of Azarath. Please if you are reading this, tell her she must return home. Even if I might not make it, please tell the princess that it has been an honor being her friend. Who's Rachel?" Robin asked Raven, Raven was still in shock, "Raven?"
"Lupe…" She finally said, Lupe was Raven's childhood friend before she came to earth that is, she didn't know what happened to him after she left. She snapped out of her trance-like position, "My real name is Rachel, I must see Lupe, he is injured." Raven then rushed into the tower.
Robin ran after her. While he was thinking on the couch, a decision was clear to him, he would tell Raven that he liked her. But this Lupe guy could change all that.
In the infirmary…
Raven had burst into the room and put her hand on Lupe's chest, "Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos…" She chanted back and forth until Lupe's eyes opened.
"R-Rachel? Is that you?" Lupe asked he was confused as who the others were though. "Who are the others?"
Raven went to Lupe's side and hugged him, this triggered Robin. "Thank Azar you're alright." Raven said, letting go, "These are the Titans, my friends, and teammates."
"Ah, I see, allies," Lupe replied, he had hazel eyes and underneath his cloak was a red shirt with a wolf imprinted on it, black jeans, and a pair of white shoes that all the people of Azarath wear. He also had a British accent. "Nice to meet you, I'm Lupe." Lupe turned to face Raven, "Can I talk to you alone beautiful?"
Raven blushed when she heard the word beautiful, and this made Robin madder, "Um… sure, but just call me Raven, maybe on the roof?"
Lupe nodded and they left. "Raven and Lupe sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Beast Boy shouted as soon as they left, "Two Azarathians, Azarathans, whatever they're called, and their names both have animals in them, coincidence or what?"
Robin's face turned red, "Raven's real name is Rachel and I doubt that Lupe is his real name. how do we even know that he's not trying to hurt Raven?" Robin yelled a bit.
"Raven thinks we can trust him, and Raven never trusts anyone." Cyborg said, "I'm sure they're just close friends Robin, do you like Raven?"
"What? No…" Robin tried to hide the fact that he was lying.
"Then why are you always the nervous around friend Raven?" Starfire asked.
"No reason…" Robin quickly replied. "I'd better keep an eye on him, just to be sure he doesn't try anything," Robin said while leaving.
"You mean trying to make sure he doesn't take Raven away from you," Cyborg mumbled, but thankfully Robin didn't hear him.
On the roof…
"What did you want to talk about, Lupe?" Raven asked, unaware that Robin was listening to their conversation, "I haven't seen you in years, how's Azarath? How are you?"
"It's James to you, Rachel." Lupe/James replied (A/N: I think I'll use Lupe as his name for now since the others don't know his real name, except Robin and Raven of course), I've turned 17 if that's what you meant and Azarath was what I wanted to talk about." Lupe saw Raven's expression, she was a bit scared, "No, no, it's not anything bad Rachel, mainly it's about you."
"What about me?" Raven was confused.
"Your mother felt Trigon trying to contact you." Lupe said, "Arella sent me to take you back to Azararth where Trigon will have more trouble trying to contact you."
"I-I can't, I can't leave the Titans." Raven tried to convince Lupe that she was staying.
"Your friends may accompany you to Azarath," Lupe said but he wasn't finished yet, "Only if they train for the climate there." After finishing he hugged Raven and kissed her lightly on the cheek.
"What was that for?" Raven asked she was blushing like crazy so she pulled her hood up.
"I just haven't seen you in a long time, Rae, I've missed you." He said while pulling her hood off, "You look beautiful without your hood over your head, don't hide your appearance."
Raven didn't know that she could blush that badly. "You can stay here in Titan tower for a few days, you know until I get the ingredients needed to make this portal. I'm sure the Titans won't mind." Raven started telling Lupe about her life as a Titan while she was walking Lupe to her room.
"Hey, Lupe!" Beast Boy cried out. "Why are you called Lupe anyway? I heard it means wolf."
"Oh, that." Lupe replied, "The people of Azarath are named after their spirit animal, Arella's is a dove, Raven's is a raven, and mine is a wolf. Did that answer your question?" Beast Boy just nodded as Lupe left with Raven.
In Raven's room…
"So… this is where you can sleep." Raven pulled out an extra bed. The alarm went off and Raven rushed out of her room.
"Where are you going?" Lupe shouted after her.
"There's trouble in Jump city, we need to defend it." She looked back at Lupe. "You coming or not?"
"I forbid you to go." He used his powers to shut the door, "I was sent here to protect you and this "mission" doesn't sound safe."
"Listen, Lupe, I appreciate the concern but I do this almost every day, I'll be fine." She opened a portal and left, Lupe followed since he was supposed to protect her.
At the attack…
It was Plasmas and Cinderblock, they were tearing up the whole city, well at least the building they were close to. Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg went after Cinderblock while Raven and Lupe went after Plasmas.
Starfire was throwing Cyborg at Cinderblock so he could use his sonic cannon, Robin was hitting Cinderblock with bombs, and Beast Boy was supposed to be a distraction. "Time for you to go back to jail," Robin said, and with that, he knocked Cinderblock out with his staff and tied him up with a metal rope.
Meanwhile, Raven was using her powers to stop Cinderblock. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven shouted, allowing her soul-self to blow up Plasmas, he returned to human form. Even though Plasmas and Cinderblock were defeated, someone had sent them as a distraction. A red fireball was headed straight for Raven, just before it hit her Lupe had jumped in front of her, he got hit instead and lay unconscious on the ground. "Lupe!" Raven cried out, seeing who did that to him, "Slade…"
"Excited to see me, Raven?" Slade asked, "Continue to fight and more of your friends will get hurt." Slade warned, he saw Raven about to perform one of her spells and hit her in the stomach, leaving her in pain. "Come with me and no one will get hurt."
"Never…" Raven said the pain was killing her. She eventually stood up and directed her powers to Slade, "Leave or else…" She held her fist up to Slade, ready to use her powers.
"Or else what?" Slade smirked, tossing her around with his wind powers and making her crash into buildings. "You'll use your powers against me?" Slade continued to toss Raven around until he saw her bleed from head to toe. "Going to be pretty hard when you can't even stand."
Raven glared at Slade, but before she fell unconscious she called, "Robin!" Then she lay still, her wounds were still bleeding and her skin had turned pale. One arm was broken, the other was bleeding badly. Her legs were numb and wet with traces of her blood. Behind her head lay a pool of blood. She heard a faint scream from the Titans and then, nothing. She blacked out.
"Raven!" Robin called out, coming to her side. She wasn't moving, her heart rate slowed, so did her breathing. "Whoever did this to you will pay for their actions." Robin picked Raven up, her wounds were still bleeding. 'Heal yourself, Raven, heal yourself now!' But Raven lay still with no movement at all.
Starfire looked at Raven with tears in her eyes, she hated seeing her best friend like this. Suddenly a voice said, "Well, well, what do we have here?" It was Slade. "The Teen Titans… coming to save your friend?"
Lupe had awakened and saw what happened to Raven, "Who is this guy?"
"Slade…" Beast Boy replied, his voice hid a little bit of anger.
"You guys go ahead." Robin said, still looking down at Raven's wounded body, "I have to get Raven to a safe place." And with that, he left.
Robin ran down a dark alley until he came to a dead end, he sat down, Raven was still in his hands, still unconscious and still bleeding. "Raven…" Robin whispered, "Please, you have to be okay… The team needs you… I need you." Robin began to cry, tears flowed from his mask, "I… Love you, Raven…" He took off his mask and sobbed silently, he hated seeing Raven in this condition.
Raven had heard every word he said, she wanted to open her eyes and move but her body wouldn't let her, she felt so helpless. She tried to moan but she couldn't. She felt wetness, after some time she realized that they were tears, she felt Robin's hands on her, she got the feeling of being safe. Raven finally started to heal herself, the blood stopped flowing and she opened her eyes slightly, only to see Robin holding her in his hands and crying. "R-Robin…" She whispered.
"Raven!" Robin was relieved that Raven was awake. "You scared me! I thought-" Raven had cut him off.
Raven put her hand on Robin's chest and weakly said, "I'm f-fine." She still felt pain inside of her, she tried to stand up herself but her legs just didn't listen to her, she fell right into Robin's hands again.
"You need to rest," Robin said silently, carrying her. "You're still badly injured." He saw Raven blushing a bit.
While Robin was carrying her to the battle where Slade was Raven spoke up, "W-What you said b-back there… w-was that true?" Raven couldn't talk normally, she was still hurt.
Robin stopped, "You heard that didn't you?" Raven nodded slightly. "Well, yes, it is true, I do love you." He used one of his hands to put his mask back on, hoping that would hide his blushing.
Raven looked up at Robin, "I-I love you t-too." Raven finally said, "I-I was afraid t-that if I t-told you the t-truth, you wouldn't l-like me." Raven blushed a lot as well.
"I guess we both need to be clearer to each other." Robin replied with a smile, he saw that Raven was about to talk again, he put his finger on her lip, "Shh~ rest, it'll be okay." Raven closed her eyes. As he walked to the battlefield he hoped that the others had already taken Slade down, but he was wrong. All the Titans, including Lupe, were unconscious, moaning could be heard from every direction.
"Give me the girl." Slade appeared out of nowhere, "Do you really want to see your friends suffer because of a demon? She is not even your friend."
Raven's eyes opened as she saw the other Titans has fallen, "No…" she whispered. "This… is a-all my fault…"
Robin heard what Raven had said, "It's not your fault Raven." He said, putting her down lightly, "If you want Raven, you're going to have to get past me!" Robin shouted at Slade.
"I'm going to enjoy this…" Slade said, "Do you really want to see your friends suffer because of you Raven?" Robin had used his staff to hit Slade many times but Slade had knocked him out of the way and walked up to Raven, "Seems like Boy Wonder has a crush on you, and I think you do too." Slade's voice was threatening, "Look at yourself, weak, pathetic, for now. You were made for a greater cause Raven, to help Trigon in ruling the world, why do you hold back? Is it because of Boy Wonder over there?"
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven shouted with all her energy, "I will never help my father! I would never help you! Besides, I'm not the pathetic one." Raven's eyes had turned white, they lit up with a powerful light. She projected her powers through her hands and teleported Slade back to his lair. She fell from the sky, Robin had caught her, again. She opened her eyes to see Robin touching her violet hair.
"Let's go home." He said, still carrying Raven. The other Titans soon woke up and before they knew it, they were back at Titan tower.
Lupe was standing on the roof, alone while the others celebrated, Raven slid away from the party to find Lupe. "Lupe," she called, "Why are you here, by yourself?"
Lupe remained silent, "I failed to protect you, just like when we were kids."
"What are you talking about?" Raven was confused by what he meant.
"Whenever you got into trouble I always tried to help you, but I always failed." Lupe looked down.
"You tried your best, don't be too hard on yourself." As soon as she finished Lupe had already pulled her into a hug. "Um… not used to all the hugging." She said a bit annoyed, Lupe quickly let go.
"So… should we go to the party?" Raven nodded, "You know Raven, we should really go to Azarath soon, you know, before whoever that was returns."
"We'll leave in the morning okay?" Raven asked, Lupe nodded and they went to the party.
Next morning…
"Titans come!" Lupe shouted.
"What is the matter?" Starfire asked.
"You're all going to Azarath!" Lupe was excited, "Raven has set up the portal."
"Cool!" Beast Boy shouted, "I've always wondered where Raven was from."
"Follow me." Raven said, leading them to the portal, "Remember, while you're in the gateway do NOT think of anything negative. Got it?" All the Titans nodded quickly and stepped into the portal.
After passing the gateway they arrived on a rock in the middle of nowhere, whiteish orange buildings could be seen everywhere. White, cloaked people were on the streets trading goods or just chatting. The main attraction was the palace, it was mostly white with a dove and a raven imprinted on the front, four shorter orangish brown towers surrounded it.
"Welcome to Azarath," Raven said, she had missed this place a lot.
"Rachel?" A familiar voice called out, it was Arella, Raven's mother.
Raven flung her arms around her mother and with tears in her eyes she said, "Mother… I've missed you."
"Woah, never seen Raven that happy before, I guess anything is possible." Cyborg marked.
"Are they your friends Rachel?" Arella asked, examining them.
"Yes, they are." Raven replied after letting go, "These are the Titans. Meet Robin, the team leader. Starfire, my best friend. Cyborg, sort of like a brother to me. And Beast Boy, a terrible clown."
"Hey!" Beast Boy shouted, "I am funny! You want to hear a joke Arella?"
Arella stayed silent, "No thank you Beast Boy." She quickly said before Beast Boy started to tell his jokes, "Come, you can stay in the palace."
"Thank you." The Titans replied as Arella led them to the palace.
In a matter of moments, Starfire had found the kitchen and started talking to one of the cooks about making her happiness pudding. Beast Boy and Cyborg immediately found a TV and some video games Raven used to play as a child, most were untouched though, they sat down and began to play. Lupe was talking to one of the guards. Robin went to find Raven so he could ask her out.
"Raven?" Robin asked he had walked all around the palace trying to find her. "Raven? Where are you?" He leaned on a wall, but this wasn't any ordinary wall, it was a secret passage. The wall/door shut behind him and the stairs turned into a slide, he fell straight down. Once he reached the very bottom he looked around, "Hello? Anyone here?" The walls looked really old, there were only candle lights, a dark hallway was seen right in front of him. As he walked down it he saw spiders, insects, and other creepy stuff. A brighter light was at the end of the hall, he slowly walked towards it, holding out his staff and preparing him for any dangers.
Raven heard a noise coming down the hall. Could it be her mother? If anyone found out about this place then she would be doomed. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" She yelled levitating the person who was trespassing.
"Hey, let me go!" Robin yelled, trying to break free. He turned around only to see Raven, "Raven?"
Raven lowered him back to the ground, "Sorry, I thought you were someone else."
Robin looked around, tall bookshelves looked like they reached for the sky and never ended, scrolls lay in a corner of the room and the rest were scattered around the floor. Potions and ingredients no one has ever seen lay neatly on the shelves. In Raven's hand lay a dead mouse. "Where are we?" Robin looked at Raven's hand, sand, candles, and a strange symbol lay on the ground. "And what are you doing?"
Raven laid the mouse on the symbol. "Promise you won't tell anyone about this place." Robin nodded. "How did you get down here anyway?"
"By accident, I was looking for you and I leaned on a wall, the next thing I knew I was down here." Robin explained, "So what are you doing? And why are you down here?"
"I'm trying to bring this mouse back to life." Raven said nervously, hoping Robin would not think of her as a creep, "When I was little I found this place, it had books and scrolls that Azar hid down here. This place is older than the city. Anyway, I come here to practice my powers when no one is around, no one knows about this place but me. Um… I mean us."
"Why haven't you told anyone about this place?" Robin asked, he was still a bit afraid of his surroundings and Raven could tell.
"Because rumors about this place spread, saying that the forbidden scrolls are down here." Raven said, "They say that if this place is ever found it will be destroyed. I don't want this place to be destroyed, it's the only place that I feel truly excepted and safe."
Robin looked at Raven, she was preparing a spell, "I won't tell anyone about this place, I promise."
"I know you won't," Raven said as she almost was finished preparing the spell. "Stand back." She said, she closed her eyes and chanted, "Mighty Azarath, give me the power to heal what has been lost." A bright light shone from the mouse, it awoke, then it fell once again. "Still haven't figured out how to make the spell permeant…" She sighed.
"You tried." Robin put his hand on Raven's shoulder, "I was wondering, would you like to… Um… go on a date?" Robin asked nervously, hoping Raven would say yes.
She looked down then replied, "Sure, I guess." She agreed as she tidied up. "Let's go."
A few minutes later they arrived beside a lake. "The lake of Azar…" Raven began to remember her mentor, flashbacks of Azar teaching her magic appeared.
"Raven? Are you ok?" Robin asked, he was worried, "You seem deep in thought."
"I'm fine Robin," Raven looked down, "Just remembering my mentor that's all, we used to come here all the time when I was done with my lesson, I guess I kind of miss Azar."
"You know, Azar sounds a lot like Batman," Robin tried to comfort Raven, "He taught me what I know now, sort of like a mentor as well." Raven smiled a little and leaned on Robin's shoulder.
"We should be getting back to the palace, it's getting late." Raven said, Robin then grabbed Raven and pulled her into a kiss, they stayed like that for a while, "What was that for?" Raven was blushing. 'Why can't I stop blushing when I see him?'
"That was because I love you." He replied as they both walked to the palace.
Note: Thanks for the reviews. Sorry, this chapter was a bit rushed, I have a lot of school stuff to deal with but I promise that I will take the time and effort to make my stories as detailed as I can make them. I was also thinking about writing a story about an 8-year-old that has the power to conjure up anything if she says it backwards and she meets the Titans but the Titans think that she is a threat, tell me what you think of that idea, please? Once again, I thank you for taking the time to read this and review it. Sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Please tell me what I can add to make this story better, I'm open to any suggestions. (I'm also running out of ideas)