Teen Titans; To The Future; Chapter 10: The Whispering Voice From Afar Is My Ticket Towards The Limelight- Reborn From The Ashes!
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As if some unknown good fortune overtook my device,( which isn't true) ...my file returned very quickly when I was on the app last! It was really trial and error for the format and text...but! None the less, chapter ten is here! No more glitches , * wipes forehead in relief*. I am going to bring up a new chapter which will show the concert in full swing. This chapter is to give birth to what Cecilia is capable of as much as Aria's sound under the alias duo; Miss Daia, and Andrea Grotto. Little mermaid bit referring to cove by the sea. Aria, is a siren working beside a changed princess (Cecilia) , convinced of her dark side by Lilith! *Gasp!* Lilith used to be connected to the title owl woman or Strich, so Cici is taking on the winged harpy guise from beneath her true cover...
Catherine is using the heroes to see the whereabouts of her lost first born, and the miserable nephew of her dear cousin Lori Ainsley - who is to later be predicted to return and calm her son's repeating breakdowns in the mortal world. When Rokuro was recovered the first time from his father's clutches; Allie had been taken from her fortress to the north after the guardian few had returned to the southern spirit kingdom unscathed.. Roku had done what she had not suspected , and right after the young prince had his memories erased of his stay by the dragon's side!
Though,Alicia is unable to remember her days hiding behind the deity Thor and his people in the mountain keep, she remembers that Roku was the one who released the spirit beasts that massacred her village sanctuary. Now, the southern spirit world princess, is told she had an elder sister who was once a priestess in training like her mother and aunt Queen Lori! The two sisters had never met due to the fact Allie was still not born, her sister was born- possibly to a different noble...still under wraps!
Richard has been very quiet as to keep hidden that Hakuro IS feeding from his life force ...he denies that fate in order to work with the guardians and officials to bring the unseen enemy down..His friends and team are keeping him away from any enemy haunts, to prevent any outbursts left over from the dragon's blood taint. Dreamwake was unable to find a cure. Dick's ability is being suppressed by medicine from the Eternal's breakthrough. However, the being in his mind portrayed as a winged outcast, is still alive within his dreams...Also!-
Kay is going to see if he can stall Sayumon's return, while Ron plays the role of tattle tale as the council woman of the Celestial court's watch dog. He thinks he has more gall than Verra, but Sayumon has her position for a good reason. He had better watch his words carefully!
Raven all but trusts Malchior's motives. He did not meet her, again!-
Now, he will have to get onto his hands and knees to plead for his loyalty to not be questioned by his song bird sorceress. Aria made clear that her spells are powerful enchantments. Will Malchior of Knoll pull himself together to get a grip on the sorceress's attempts to brainwash him senseless? Will Raven sense his despair in time?
How will the crew get Rokuro to wake up? When will the being Puppet Master strike them down?
Chapter ten, is up and running! Enjoy!
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The child rushed from passerby , the official forces of the mortal plane, and no good cretin's eyes as he followed a familiar scene up to a storefront window display. The child had never seen so many age old relics in a newly constructed fashion displayed so that they could find a loving home...they looked bright and new! Yet, he could see the objects also lose their luster as they projected happenings of their former owners. Bear shaped and stuffed children's dolls, airplanes on string cords, hourglasses that were never ending; these tore at his walls and made him turn away sadly. Relics...tools of their former worth...he had never been treated without pity by those that claimed he was worthy...worth what?
The boy clothed in mourning blue shifted and broke into a dash, fighting his memories as he returned to this newly conscious demi god body. His powers...had not been frozen . Nor had they been kept under lock and key...the curse was real...he could never be a full blooded normal mortal! Not that he wished to lose his abilities that had saved him in the past from a sudden demise...he had to worry about when it would be a complete and tangible rebirth; he did not have half of himself to call his own yet...
~ The...queen is...just like me I bet..~ He rushed by nightlife and street cars; almost crashing into a man selling wares by the underground transit. A city he had no recollection of...he had not gathered time space travel as his ancestor had much earlier..
~Then...Why?...What do you want me to do!?~ He bellowed through the speak that rattled his every ounce of power. He ducked something that had come full force at him from behind. The young spirit hated this plane! It was riddled with dark energies that he could see were chasing him!
~ You are as we!~ A dark and eerie voice cried over the busses and screaming humans; thinking a rare gust had blown off their top hats.
~ I am not a demon! Leave me alone!-
"Guh!*" The teen dashed behind an alley leading to a secluded bar district. "Great...I am lost...what now?-
He cried out when the spectre behind him forced his body to act by countering an aweful blast of firey winds!
"G-get away!" He sputtered petrified , seeing as the ghost in question wore a masquerade jester mask that had snakes crawling from it's eye sockets!
"How do you do , little catalyst? ...or , are you here to repent?"It laughed as it's mask projected it's demonic joy . " My mistress has a propsition for his noble highness.." The monster hissed with a chuckle , but avoided biting his own tongue off.
"No...you are dead! You were halved by!-
The demon scratched it's chin, realizing the blue eyed royal was a bit 'off'.
"Hee...chose to spare my existance, so I serve a new queen!" The bobbies by the local station were starting to catch wind of a serious offense in the distance. In a flash, the officers had attempted to crowd the daemon and spectre who were their only lead.
"Put your hands in the air! Arson is against the law! Drop your weapons now-
"Wh-what is he?" One male officer shook as the great presence of the ghost in cob web design shifted to stare the man down.
"M- Monster! Aagh! He is not -
The man felt his body go limp, as if he had bearly moved an inch to be ended so...quickly and without warning!
"You..are a meta human? That's it, book him Jameston! That thing killed-
Another man was stolen in spirit as he became a marionette for the puppeteer's massive collection. The men were so frightened, that they began to squeal in fright as little hogs. "I am speaking with my guest for this evening!" It shouted with the puppet Jameston in his arms. The men only scrambled to rip out their guns in a panic.
The ghost gave a chilling laugh that caught even the young prince's attention. "Really? Then maybe , the lot of you shall drown in your suffering!" It wailed as a banshee above them, covering the concrete in their lost essence of human life.
Along with their blood, the young prince had been witness..he was not going to stay put..
"You are a killer...a rogue...I will not follow you!-
"Not even if we promise to remove your mark?" The demon asked while he wiped the last drop from his cloak. "These humans...were destined to die if they interferred." It said cooly and it's mask changed to a pitiful eyed one. Sympathy was not for killers...not all deserved to repent...
"You...have no such power!" The young heir protested in his strongest voice, though cracking and in tremors. "No one can...it is...-
"Well, we helped the dragon's cause." The ghostly freak spoke by the tween's face. "Why would we not know the cure? You deny what W E granted the being that scorned our teachings by such wit..to us..he was just unlucky..." It chuckled, giving the boy goosebumps and causing him to jump back in surprise. "Why not see who is willing to free you?"It wondered to the young child. "Surely, you too know that Roku was to blame. Never you...? He can no longer touch you. You will be protected! What could be better than an arm to rest against?" The thing smiled too sweetly, sending the tween to back away further. "Come with me." It whispered softly. "You can finally be, as you have always wished! And they shall grant it!" The offer made the blue eyed prince gasp. A wish...but..that was all forbidden anyway? He...would have to fight..all alone again..no...no...no!
"I don't want to be ...all...alone...please..." He begged and stepped forwards onto his newly aching legs. "Take me to...the one who will grant...my wish.." The demon gave way and grabbed the child in a twist to hoist him into mid flight. "Brilliant!" He exclaimed in a spellbound way, making the youthful spirit even more wary of his deal with the cackling devil.
"She is waiting...we shall see my mistress at once! Hold tight, young royal!"
"Hold...tight..." The child started to doze off into a trance state of bliss. "Never ,let go.." The prince was swept off through the night by the phantom, not realizing his father's rival...was going to become his greatest ally...as well as his keeper and possibly...his own forever enemy..Roku had let her live...now, his son was going to be dragged along that lone path. Back into the darkest corners of the young prince's past he had sworn to never repeat...Another law broken, he was taken from the light of the city, driven by the mortals he no longer wished to trust with his given task. "Help me...Yumi..." He wrasped and fell still as the cretin took him to his new prison. Lilith, the warden where his fate rested in her aching palms was waiting with baited breath . He had to get in, and hopefully find her...the mastermind was expecting an arrival of an old foe . Rokuro swore...he would see his dear princess Arianna soon...this life was going to be reborn from the ashes.
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Malchior felt a bristle set him on edge as he felt his skin turn to ice under the dark of night in London. "I...oh..gods, not now!" His dragon half- sight saw a beam pierce the cloud covering in a flash of light. "What was that ?" He turned tail and ran back to catch it, hovering by a spell to make up for not depending on Rorek's massive wings.
"I...must be exhausted ..that was...crap!" He was drfting down, down, losing altitude as the wizard teen leaned against a lamp post for support. Shoji's pent...or Aaron's was just up ahead..
He clutched his skull until he had reached the door four flights up, plopping down by the mat in a heap and catching his stolen breath. "Sho...ji...I ...made, it...home...!" He rang the bell lastly as he collapsed into a mess onto the mat. His hair was plastered to his face in a sweltering mop as he refused to muster his energies to lift himself. He had, need of a rest period. His magical power was suffering serious damage by remaining among so many mortal blooded beings.
The door clicked open only a few moments later, where he was hoisted up, brought to the den area sofa, and given a strong dose of-
"Ha- Agh!I have to restore your energy! Try to lay perfectly still!" Coaxed the panicked doc as he shot down the skeptical wizard teen's dragon gaze. "Let me do my job. You, will help us in the morning to sort out this mess. No butts! Now, might sting, but you should feel less pain this-
"YOWCH!*"The wizard flung his gloved fist out but Shoji had heard his protests in the other guest room down the hall. "Aaron, he has a really strong instinct . Mal, we got you to a doc. You need to let him give you an energy boost. Please relax-
"Then..this man has knowledge of untold medicine from our worlds! Who is he? Another source , Verra?" The cold eyed teen snorted and yanked his arm away from the doc's prying fingers. "I...am what a magicians of this time call a neo druid."Aaron replied sternly, and reclaimed the arm to work his magic. "I also harbor a past life magician who was in a war with the cat as an old ally." He adjusted the wrist so that it was easy to acess from his angle. "I was a later victim when the nefarious Deathstroke blackmailed my family, impersonated me to infiltrate the Teen Titan's base, shipped me off to say no more...Shoji saved my life!You all did! He pleaded for my protection on both worlds. That, I owe my services to your cause whenever I am near.." The doc said with a small smile. "Thanks to the heroes and their efforts to stop that criminal, my darling little girl is safe to grow up strong and happy.." He sighed and ended the session, putting his equiptment into a case. "I might not see her face for a long time.." He continued with sorrowful eyes to the living area window overlooking the skyline "Yet...I would not have had that option if he had ended my life here..."
The magical teen was without words as the doc under Veravakumu's watchful eyes murmured something while he stood up. "Stay here, and try for goodness sake not to go out tonight." He almost pleaded to the younger wizard. "That jolt is to reduce any outside forces that may have harmed you. You and the cat must lay low. Neither of you are going anywhere." The doc crossed his arms ,more than sure that this was the right method. "Verra, we are still seeing what makes young Aaron tick. You and I have yet to find the reason for his appearance." The doc reminded the scientist with a frown. " If anyone needs me, I have work to catch up on." Tired and out of complaints, Brocton's feet shuffled and dragged him off to a private computer room adjacent to his bedroom. "Knock if you need anything. Have a pleasent evening, try to just rest easy. Aaron was worried sick that you could have been killed..." Aaron had soon dissappeared down the hall for a nightly session of seclusion; surrounded by medical notes from his own work place, he would still be taking care of his patients from overseas. He was of a highly respected position, Shoji knew as well as Brocton's own neo druid assistant young Starfire of the Titans had confronted in the past. The assistant they had tracked down had been of the same sect. Aaron had spoken very little of his pal in the U.K , but...it was so he could be safe from the happenings of the prophecy...or, just so he wouldn't fall far behind on his reports.
"He...seems lively..?" The wizard teen held his skull with a sharp wince. "How...did you know him? Shoji or Greg?" He asked in a pained way, the cat's human self shook his head and softened his gaze a bit . "Shoji was not aware, but Greg introduced us." He explained. "The wiz then, only just knew my field as Shoji had been interacting with the scarecrow's work. His medicinal prowess was...unbelievable at first. One could never have guessed him to have been a part of the staff . I was actually the one who met Aaron on a trip to Australia around that time.." He said , remembering that he had made advances there too. "He was more scientist than doc, but had believed both fields as equally essential. to a bright and healthy future. Longetivity now and then if any, is too far fetched. It wasn't meant to be a magic pill in form, so that your troubles could vanish in an instant. I know that health and wellness isn't a myth at all. We strive to shed our old skin, thinking the new won't be blemished once we done it." The older male thought back to his visit with his to- be vessel in Osaka. "Shoji Takahara is gone, replaced by my consciousness." Mal looked at the cat dopple with untrusting eyes. "You? He was already corrupted by a dark power ..that means...he gave up his life...you devoured him?"
"He, was already gone before I could bring him back... He had been a target in a very big scandal...it was since removed...but not by Shoji..." Vee's counterpart shuddered at the memory of that stolen spirit. "I tried to save him from being eaten...There was nothing left to find a match..." He grumbled a bit. "Kay was just lucky that he got his own body...he didn't have to overshadow as spirit folk sometimes do... as I was forced to decide upon.."
"Well, then...you never found the guilty soul stealer.." The teen sat up a bit and tried to lower his voice. "How long has it been...you never found the monster?.." He asked the cat's hunman based form , his eyes growing a bit never eevealed his dark secrets so readily..was he, ok?...
Shoji ran his hands through his hair , feeling ashamed to have mentioned the rest to a guardian in training. "We..were close...but then...the true billionaire was eaten...by it's captor..." He took in a breath and paused. This..was going to sting..
"The real Takahara...was devoured by Veronica ..in an effort to drag me out in the open.."
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In the middle of the night lead singer of the rock band ; Violet Retribution- or : ViRet for short, left her band mate Beckie's pad for a breath of fresh air on the landing. Unfortunately, she only heard honking vehicles and night owls partying till sun up from her seat so high up, not a quiet wind or song bird's chatter could be noticed. This, was not as the quiet village within the dream scape of the Eternal plane's boundaries. It was far more rivitting and ecstatic with a surge of pop culture icons plastered on billions of bill boards. They were surprised that the great Andrea Grotto had given them a spot on her stage to bask in the lime light..but in so little time! Aria was out there...and she was sure the sea queen might answer her numerous questions with a wave..pop stars , rock icons, all of those legends were strictly business . Fortunately, Beckie had thrown out a few singles for Dark Angel Al to catch up on. She had been brimming over with excitement; her eyes were as a real dreamer. Though her feet stayed firmly planted down below, Aluehain respected that she would soon have to face their director who had given in to the incog Eternal's voice..too soon..as if it were planned ..
The sakura haired spirit hurried to fix up some lyrics in her bout with an old memory. It had been..a spur of the moment...but, the tune in her head was a winner. She had loved poetry as much as her musical prowess even as a young orderly. Al smiled to herself as she shifted towards the stairs to bring herself to the basement studio. It had been built as a gift to the crew for rockin' hard without a second thought. Al had even written and sung a few singles ready to litter the charts in this very room over than lone month. It was an unexpectedly powerful beat that had her head over heels with a new design for their costumes. A good goth look with a hint of punk rushed Aluehain to scribble some ideas onto a stray sketchbook. The day...was theirs..she could feel it! A song..new icons..even if they didn't fight for a long mention into the future of punk rock, the band could still blow the speakers!
~ I must find a way to contact my allies here on the earthen plane..~ She thought with a pause. After a few minutes of reviewing her new piece, she yawned loudly. Time to head for the cot...her eyes closed bearly as she shuffled back to the pent bedroom that she had claimed herself. ~ It won't be long now..~ She though with a smile smile. ~ Aria cannot beat THIS magic, not while I hold the mic..~
Slumping down into her bed, she forgot that the rest of her crew would be up bright and early within the hour. Her breathing became steady as she drifted off, feelng more like she belonged in this world than she had believed when this had all been no more than a simple fantasy...
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Destiny had not forgotten the incident of the dragon trying to rip a hole into the very fabric of his kingdom, while using his son as that becon...
The Eternal lord grunted and watched through Tsukiyume's perception as the guardians gave to realizing that one of them...had gone missing...
Scratching his firey chin he peered into the swirling mists depicting their fears.
The moon child was wavering after losing sight of her charge...it was dangerous, and one guardian had gone astray just to ease her sorrows .
Destiny brought himself to change the contents of the mirror, bringing young Aluehain; groggy eyed and yawning in human attire, to look at him through the bathroom mirror. ~ How so goes your mission, Aluehainyu?~ He said to the gothic clothed girl, her toothbrush halfway finished ridding last night's meal from her chompers.
~I am well, my lord Destiny!~ She brightened, having not spoken to her beloved teacher in too long since her departure.
~The humans here are my ticket.~ She explained to the mirror reflection. ~Aria has infiltrated this weorld as a songstress, who intends to know more of Lorelai Ainsley's rebirth. ~ She replied proudly and rinsed with a gargle.
~Aria is your contributor to your new hobby, is she not child?~ The girl sighed a bit and returned her floss now to the cabinet. "Yes, she is revealing herself soon in a concert setting." The girl Eternal said with a nod. ~ There, she intends to do...something unexpected to send us toppling..it was just as you said!~ The girl gasped and wiped her face. ~Aria, is no longer as she was before. I fear she has become corrupted while staying on the mortal plane...~ The lord of Eternals nodded but did not panic. Aluehain was experiencing new worlds for the first time...it was natural to gather anxieties in a new realm, especially if your emotions were brought to light.
~ I also acted far too brash...The boy we were meant to guard...is out in the open.~ Alue at first, still did not quite grasp what had occured. Her fingers almost dropped the hair brush she had used as a state of shock, suddenly overtook her senses.
"Rokuro...is missing?" Her eyes grew wide and she confronted Destiny as her tyrant self. The one she had thought to have been buried away.
"He...must be found! We are in no such position to simply scour the city!" She protested in a high voice, her hands still shaking. "I...I must go and rehearse , thank you for your time my lord...I will consider taking the time, to recall my true mission." With a frown, the princess in gothic attire left the room and her teacher to practice a new piece.
~ I too fear, that the human world has enchanted you to change...dear student Aluehainyu...~ He sighed and returned to his keep, wondering if letting his prized vassal leave the nest had been wise.
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The king turned to the dungeons last, in hopes that a certain creature might give in to his demands. He covered himself in a barrier of light, keeping the shadows at bay. The one he wished to find, was pulling strings even in it's cage. None of the guards could step foot in this beast's sights, in fear they would be dragged into the dark abyss by force.
~ Dragon!~ The king cried out, projecting light to blind the beast in captivity. ~ I am here to order, that you release your whole truth! It is certain you will act by the prince's prediction. If you so as lay a paw onto that child, there will be no turning back !~
The dragon in his reddest form , slithered up to king keeping him, and spit in an acid voice.
~ You are, after all the first to have been tainted by my poison..Why ever, would you think I am secluded to that which is my truth?~ The truth, referred to his son on the mortal plane, Destiny felt sick as the miasma clouded the corners of the room. ~ My, only wish is to see a transformation.~ It stated through the speak as it's eyes shone bright as embers. ~ You forbade me from leaving, yet, I have time here . There is no rush to-
~ I will have your magic to shift, decimated if you so -
~ Really...?~ The dragon cut his lord of the destined end short. ~ I have magic brimming throughout the world. In order for your tactic to truly end me...those voices would have to be brought together...and klled! There is no way you would ever condone bloodlust by your squadron .~ The grinning serpent saw the firey king snarl, setting the clock to tick mercilessly forwards.
~ I do...have enemies who do not see me as an equal..they were above myself, even after I was so turned.~The once Djinn grunted as if this were a conversation , not an interrogation. The dragon could distract a king to end wars- as well as start them!
~I fear for my own blood, he is carrying the weight of my involvement...However, his keeper is merciless..but will not disregard my wishes that he be spared...to a degree that is-
~ The boy...has already been taken you say...?~ The king questioned the beast in the shadows. ~ You knew all along...that this would occur!~ He growled and turned ashes into energy.
~ I am quite certain that another on looker will break up the reunion...he is headed to her as we wait here..~ The dragon let out a toothy yawn, feeling sluggish due to the effects of Destiny's 'halo'.
~ Then, you are watching for your opportunity. That will not be over looked .~ The Eternal said and walked off towards the exit. ~ Sleep as soundly as you ever might, once you too were a candidate for greatness...I cannot pity your actions any longer, that truth will indeed be YOUR downfall. I bid you good evening. For morning for one so sinister, can never be.~ With a wave, the vortex left the blood red dragon to consider his options. He refused to play Destiny's games ...the court orderly was obviously being too weak for his position...the time was not yet ripe..
He cackled in through the speak. Destiny jumped when he heard the monster return his concern.
~ The girl Aluehainyu...has the makings of a true demoness...it would be best not to let go of her hand...king of the Eternal's destined end...!~
Destiny did not give a reply to the dragon. He was a taunting lunatic for all he was concerned. Alue had once been of a clan of an ancient race. The last of her kind, were she and the unborn daughter of Reia...
~She shall appear, the coldest of winter eves..~ He recalled the prophetic texts in his librarium .
The dragon had been aware...he would have to increase restraints and seal off his sight...if only the dragon never had a third!...
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Tsukiyume desperately tried in vain to gather her magics without the moon as a catalyst, in order to find her frightened charge. To her surprise, the magician known as the wise Flanningan Morteus; decided he would assist the lady in her efforts, also knowing far more of the task than she herself thought.
He had in rumor, been a wise sage connected to the Star Kingdom of the Heavens and Orion the white knight. He had been a council official of the older league 'Immortals'. The branch now highest, existed only of :Demon, Mortal, Spirit , Eternal, Celestial, and the fabled Ethereal. Many realms existed within each plane. As if it's own separate state. No one truly ruled the lower realms. They had leaders in the past by directional guidance...but, the guardians were key to seeing that the older other planes remain balanced. Among the elder branches consisted; Baphomet( Deceased), The directional elementals - White wolf Aneiu, Dragon Earth, the fabled Phoenix of rebirth; ...when...the eastern branch no longer had an elememtal...?
"That was supposed to be..." Yumi shook her skull and realized why. It was all by Roku's war that no eastern spirit could represent the direction of wind. If Roku had let himself finish his studies..he may have become the next eastern spirit directional...she shuddered at the thought when he had destroyed so many lives..
Again she had to kick herself out of the useless thoughts of the past!
Rokuro was crying his eyes out someplace...he was going to fade away if he did not finish the task, or was corrupted by-
Another mental slap. What was wrong with her? Yumi wrung her hands into her skirt. "Rokuro...Kayu is certainly doing his best for my sake.." She sighed to herself, still feeling her energies weaker than before her coming. "Might I suggest an option Lady Tsukiyume?" Morteus asked with a slight tap onto her shoulder. "Oh...I apologise if my image is...a bit difficult to see through.." Her hands gripped tighter to her lengthy clothing. "I am, simply fearing that my magic is failing me alone..when Rokuro might very well be in grave danger!" She started to weep. "My option is simple my dear." The old codger coaxed her to hold a tea cup by Alicia's new home made tea leaf blend . She had left it just in case her tutor ran out of the Darjeeling or BEST blend she enjoyed. "You simply would have to leave this town. The country side offers the strongest moon light. The teen heroes your guardian bunch are watching over would surely agree to meet you. Kayumon in his male form has a town house..you would be his guest of honor, the moon is brightest for his sake there as well!" The old sorcerer clasped the madame's hands into his own. "Leave the city scape to the professionals." He winked with a smirk. "Brocton is my leading man in navigating the maze that is where you, cannot hope to in so little a time frame learn the in's and out's without a few trials to upsurp you."
"Finn..." Her smle was small but , her tears had not reappeared . She nodded to the elder with a face full of hope. "My thanks to you. Your advice is why I keep to my mission..depression of the human plane cannot drag us down again." Yumi bustled over to themobile cell phone she had been given by Shoji. "He..the heroes and guardians need my magic. Even if I believe it lost, then I will not notice the very good it has done them. I shall not let them lose their home. This I so swear on my birthrite and honor." Her bow was more so formal that Finn understood , not disagreeing that her thanks was a bit...forwards- or backwards in time!
She immediately picked up to hear the cat's human self stuttering and nervous laughter at her timing. "Y-Yumi! Wha-What brings you to call me so...early? How is your power faring? We are still working with Aaron...umm, sorry! Broc and myself were up ...we...had to monitor Aar's ...state ..." He almost seethed and waited for her response. "Shoji..I too should apologise." She said. In a few more hours..might I not join the..heroes in conversation where they are currently staying?"She felt it was a bit of a request, and worried as to whether the cat could help her prepare..
"Yumi...I understand. Broc and I have to meet with Aaron tagging along to see the Titans also...Should we swing by the Cafe Mort?" He joked at the inference and knew Finn would prod him with reprimands if he could . "That...would be wonderful...I have yet to know more of the units of transport in this city." She replied a bit relieved that Shoji had not turned her away. "Then...about...three o'clock!" The cat grinned on his end, Yumi was overjoyed that she had not been forgotten by her allies. "That would work perfectly!" She chirped. "I shall grab only the essential items. Finn has baked some sweets for the occasion! I will see you in the noon time hour!" Her heart beat, overwhelmed as to whether this human form was truly her's . Her thought was that it was of her descendant. One that would some day walk these streets proudly.
"He is coming here? Cafe Mort, eh?" The old wizard rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I may have to take him up on changing the sign." He chuckled. Verra was paying for the alterations! He could handle the work load, the cat would get the bill! Surely..
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The flight ended for Kayumon as he landed upon a perch of pines amidst the forest. This part of the area had been carved out by a certain force. The reality was; no one could see that the forest existed. Only the beings of such worth could see past the facade to realize ..this dimension, was a fake.
"A forest, more so a fortress..." He sniffed the air and sneezed from such thick miasma surrounding it. "This...is a daemon...no..demon's hideaway!" He gasped , trying to keep sharp on the lookout for scouts in the trees. He dashed to land safetly onto the forest floor. His nostrils stung, eyes watered to no end as he emitted a flame in white to dispell the chaotic tendrils. His kyubi self had the ability to dispell darkness in a blink. It was his right as a peace keeper..a guard dog of his mother's council..however, she had seen through him! That he was stalling her so that she could not pass her judgement onto HIS charges.
The forest gre thick and dense with each stretchand twist in the road. It was as a forbidden fairytale not intended for the faint of heart. The one who had built this illusion, had to have been of an older era..or to have at least been one who knew it's geography too well..that it warped into a story book fog!
~ Imagine my surprise when a stray kit had wandered into the forest ...how do you do, child of Lady Sayumon..?~ The white phantom wolf sat, waiting for the guardian to go all out just to stop the beast from doing the same.
~ Wolf! What are you doing here? Who summoned you to gurard this fake world?!~ The guardian's teeth knashed angrily, holding back the white kyubi that burned within.
~ I am watching , waiting for someone...I believe?~ It cocked it's head cutely and sneered. ~ What in fact, are you doing. Waltzing inside uninvited. Your mother would weep! Manners to a god are all the rage it seems...~ The creature lowered it's gaze and yawned loudly.
~ I did in fact, at one point find what you Celestials failed to uncover..~ It seemed to say in a droning sing song. The guardian's silvery locks waved in the breeze, barely seeing that the lure had been cast off into shallow waters. ~ You...said something is of your knowledge , that we on the higher planes have yet to grasp...what is your game, dog?..~ He growled a bit with fangs of the Kyubi he harbored peeking through. The white wolf blinked and seemed to laugh at the child of Sayumon's weak control over his demons. ~ It is in fact as I say fox!~ He woofed a bit and turned to lead the mythical creature into the dark wood. ~ If you to know more, join us...for supper. The request might seem odd. Yet, our dear hostess will not turn away a weary traveller so lightly...will you not consent to it's invitation? My request?~ It implied softly, the fox was shaking in a rage...this was...a big turn!
"Why must you bring up a tea party, beast of burden?" The self Kay interjected. That earned an honest snicker from the wolf's own lips. "As a guardian, you came hoping to find the cause of all this...dismay-
"Yes." Answered the fox's human half. "I came to search for a missing person. You, have no reason to be handed my answer to your riddles." The fox huffed and looked the phantom in the eye. It's blue gaze was an eerie whirlpool of despair. It drowned him instantly, yet..allowed him to see that reason. The wolf wasn't joking.
~ Little kit. I have no interest in fighting a high official. However..do not lay a finger on my mistress...that includes her 'favorite things'.~
"Let us hurry then, wolf." The fox snorted and wiped his brow. This place was a dead zone to the light folk he could only hope to contact. "I wish to meet this...madame , that you now serve openly." He smirked in cruel way, giving the white beast a chance to howl that the deal had been struck. ~ Welcome to the everlasting night, enjoy your stay .~ It growled back. ~ Let us be, yours till dawn...young prince.~
/
The hall widened for the shadow casting Puppet master to slink by. A large and grand throne room housed sets of knights clad in heavy armor. They did not move as the guest walked alongside the spectre to enter quietly. " Malady Lilith!" Puppet master bowed to one invisible knee and called out. "Your guest of honor is here. Just as was predi-
"Be silent, puppeteer!" A loud voice suddenly barked from up on high. "There is no reason to have a prisoner. Not one whom I revere as an honor indeed.." The lady's figure shown over a bright flash of lightening setting off across the skies outside. "We shall dine. I did not call you here to scare our poor guest, now did I, walking marionette?" Her eyes shone deadly and cold. He had stolen a human to create a puppet to add to his collection of soul carrying marionettes...would she forgive that offense?..
"Ye..Yes..madame...I will do as you request..." The boy beside him was soon left alone to follow the queen of lover's quarrels to a dining area inside her castle of souls.
/
A storm was brewing in the boy's mind as Lilith dropped her fork to sit next to her plate . He avoided her gaze and drank only water. It would be his worst choice to do so..
"Rokuro! Why look so glum? Your daddy cannot do any such harm, as long as you are under my protection. This is all for your benefit..why are you rejecting my display of kindness?.." He pushed away the food that had arrived and looked sullenly into her eyes. His blue were as his mother's had been. Untainted, clear and precious...pure of all horrors in the world...he was ripe for the taking...!
"I...wish to know why you sent your ally to find me..." He admitted in confusion, his eyes shifting to the window. "I am not here to continue that task." He exclaimed and turned to meet her violet gaze again. "I...am trying to stop what he started...so that-
"Oh?" The great fallen demoness wondered with a hand to her face, acting coy. "How ever can you hope to turn back the clocks? What he inflicted, is not truly bound to have a cure." Her mothering features wrapped around the incomplete child with a soft voice. "He cannot die...at least, not until all who worshipped his law ..change their view towards another...how can you surpass a dragon? He was going to be given a title as one to rival the Immortals. You cannot believe that you did NOT aid his work?" Her smile grew a bit too wide.
"I...I fought to protect my comrades ..I had to help..or...he would harm them! The dragon is not my father any longer...I will not learn from a monster-
"Such rebellion...why not learn from that experience? You could, take his followers from his sights; then perhaps that may break the hold he kept over his imprisioned worshippers!" She chirped to the child. "I could assist you. Those fellow dragon keepers will see that they can trust his son, to save them!..-
"No!" Rokuro protested and almost knocked over his drink. "That would make me...even more to dread my current life! I cannot continue to coerce anyone!" He shook his head, eyes starting to change shade. Bingo.
"I ..do recall the dragon giving you a second voice...it had his genes , and your's combined-
"No...Rokou...was a mistake! It hurt him as well as my own past to even do as we did...we killed, destroyed lives and...no!-
The tween stood up, his body was growing out to change to Richard's own height. "I did not think coming here would better a thing. It was my demon you would have wished to adress...However, you will just have to find another way to win your wars without me." The teen curled his fists but jumped when the lady started to laugh hysterically.
"You have everything topsy - turvy!" She laughed , out of breath. "Those voices will be saved , because you will right the dragon! You will be free by being the 'loving tyrant' he could never be!" Her laughter made his hair stand on end. This was wrong...Lilith..was insane!
"Now I know why Veronica left you." He huffed and turned to leave the hall. The metal guard squad blocked his path as Rokuro got ready to face a gang of foot soldiers.
"Veronica , denied that she could lose." The mistress licked her lips and walked in her loud heels to stand behind the teen. "She could never defeat me...neither will you. Young lord...you are destined to end the worlds with your song of sorrow!" Her claws hung around his shoulders as she breathed acid into his lungs. "They will never forgive you...I would though..Why else would they have you locked away in a cell? They know you cannot die . All because your saddened manifestation will end their reign!"
The teen started to feel woozy from her words piercing through his chest. It was hard to breathe...this...was it...
"You are too late Kayumon!" The witch called out to her newest arrival. "My poison is what he consumed, made directly from thee same dragon's blood. Tell your guardians...thou will not succeed in turning time forwards!" She bellowed and held the teen by the collar. He gasped for breath and tried to claw out of her vice grip. "Rokuro!" Kayumon dove to stop the torment, but was held off by a group of metal head soldiers with a spell cast around them. "Armor. They are not real! Lilith! You will not get away! No! Lilith!"
The illusion faded and left the fox to remain back outside the forest. The white wolf still sat by his side , a spectre under the fullest of moons.
~ She has her prey, you have lost your time here.~ The wolf yawned again , but the fox had had enough of his mockery of the guardian's friends.
"You!" He tore after the cheshire grinning beast, his eyes livid with rage and anguish as he fumbled after the spirit . "Give him back!" He croaked. "He is not ...anyone's...catalyst ...gah!"
The disturbed fox flung himself against the barrier but failed as it lead him back to his townhouse courtyard. "Damn!" He stomped around and cussed, his whole body spun in circles as he flopped onto the grassy floor. "No...I ...failed...she.. no..." He sat that way, in utter shock. Lilith had been their lead..she was running the show. He was just another spectator in the audiance ...
/
A few good moments passed by before Kay had been ready to forget his pains. However, they drove him to cry out, his speak being answered by the half blood closest to his realm's descendants.
/
His aura heightened so that Raven could feel his pain from her guestroom. "He's back." Her feet did not fly, but her whole body did float down from the balcony in a millisecond. He stared into the grass between stonework, his eyes were wide and his breathing bearly heard. "Kay! What happened!?" She gasped and readied her contact to the others . "Where were you? We have been searching non stop since this morning! Did you think we wouldn't have noticed you had left us behind?!" Her voice rose. "Even...Tsukiyume was horrified that you took off! She went to look for you?! Saying that you went after Rokuro so she would-
"He's gone..." The guardian gulped back his fear. Raven blinked and tried to help him stand. "He...oh...no...no...Kayu...don't tell me...you?-
He nodded , earning a smack in the face from the angered empath in violet. "Why!?" Her voice was a crackling mess. "Why didn't you call us for back up? He ...you lost his trail? What ,do you mean, gone? Let's go inside.." The teen groaned a bit. "Our energies are unmatched...I will just be eaten alive if we don't fix that." Kayu did something that made Raven jump . He was so drained from the task , that his body reverted to Calumon without warning!
"Uguuuu! Awwww...My momma's gonna go on a field day when she hears I didn't do a good job..." He sniffed then bawled out like a little kid.
"I..guh...sniff*...can't protect you guys from her...sniff*.." Raven raised the fluffball up to ask him with a brow raised."Your...mama?" Raven gaped. "Is she the one who sent you here? The high official?" Her heart pounded. "You said - she trusted you!" The empath rushed back to the manor with the fuzz butt Cal in her arms. "Titans!" She gasped to her friends . Cy cocked his head and squinted to see her new companion-
"Kay?!" He cried out. "What are you doin as Cal? The dog'll kick you for not savin' face! What's going on Rae?" Her hand rested onto his massive shoulder, her heart still pounding . "Call the others...we have an emergency." Her lungs tried to expell and breathe back in precious air.
"Just go! Tell them to get up and meet for a briefing . We don't have time anymore!"
He rushed via her command to wake up the slumbering Titans from their rooms. Bb jumped as the switch was turned on, causing him to turn into a quetzel bird by surprise . "Jeez! Cy! Don't ya know it's four in the-
"I am here to tell you to get yer butt outta bed." He demanded of the younger who rubbed his eyes back as Gar Logan. "It must be pretty urgent then- Oh! Let me help! I got just the thing!.." He replied with a sly grin.
A loud rooster woke up the team in a pinch. Starfire almost cried out to fall out of bed, Richard just knew immediately that he was being summoned.
Alicia had stayed over to see if she could assist the teens with her knowledge of the worlds. She too had been so tired , that her powers created a portal to faze through the room. She walked through the vortex groggily instead of using the bedroom door.
"Anyone left?" The teen leader asked his crew once they were close to the den. The teens paused to think, while Alicia got Verra and Finn on speaker via a split connection. "Maybe not Finny.." She thought and turned off the first link. Verra was closer by their location. He could meet them-
The doorbell rang just as she thought that, while the Cybernetic teen went to greet the arriving bunch. "Shoji. You are dead late, and seriously? Are you too brainless to not bring an umbrella?" Sighing, the cat dripped off and saw what Raven had feared. "Kay...you lost." The fuzzy teddy cried with a sniff. "But.. I know what got him!" He exclaimed. The 'Verra' of Shoji returned to join the team. Aaron's young dragon form had returned to greet Alicia who could not tell it was . .another...
"What an adorable familiar!" The girl teased the older Aaron. He set his tools to the side, knowing that his services would have to wait.
~ Alicia cannot see me ..~ The dragon babe sighed to the doc with a glance.
~ We are still looking for the answer to your appearance.~ Aaron said in reply through the speak. ~ It will all be ok. Please, they called us here...only...the fox lost his magic to retain the human form he kept.~ The young lizard nodded . ~ He must have battled a very worthy apponent to end up in such a sorry state.~ The tween groomed it's claws as a cat. ~ This must be the reason we are here..and more...~ He whispered, yet Aaron the doc still heard his charge's response clearly.
/
"My oh my...how DO we explain this mess?..." The black cat hybrid frowned at his cousin. Calumon now lowered his eyes but continued to whimper.
"Cut it out!" Bb defended the fox. "He was trying to save the prince from getting...cat napped!" He quipped. "We don't need to say he was right in going on it alone.." He said. "But...Kay did a whole lot for us! We wouldn't be living the life on a mission if he hadn't said squat!" The young Titan shouted a bit.
"Cool it B. You know Cal was supposed to be workin' with his own team. He broke the rules. Same deal with our spikey headed leader!" He chuckled a bit but Richard didn't look amused . "He had to work to stop Rokuro from going out on his own." The leader interjected. "But...looks to me as if you found more than just ...the prince?" He questioned, earning an honest look on the fuzz ball's face. His big lavender eyes lifted up to meet the Titan hero.
"You are correct. I was trying to tell you...he was taken! And it was a reaaally bad monster that took him!" The white cotton ball wailed loudly in a panic. "Who Cal?" Raven stared down onto the terrified Celestial. "Who kidnapped Rokuro?"
The big eared cutie looked up, then sat onto the sofa with a cry.
"It was...Lilith!"
/
The snow white teddy discussed his views on the mortal plane, while the viscious cycle repeat it self by the siren Aria's aching cry out to her keeper, while she remained trapped in a different world altogether.
"You promised to do nothing of the sort to those connected to Lorelai!" She shouted to the demoness who had called to the siren maiden through the glass of her vanity mirror. "I will not sing another note if you break out pact." She stated with a hand slammed against the frosted glass reflection. "This was all your intention!" She cried. "You are low indeed for forcing me to be trapped in this castle!" Her arms dropped to her sides in defeat. "My dopple was not supposed to exist..." She said with a pained expression plastered onto her face. "Our deal, was to have the dopple...collect the princess.." The queen of darkened nights replied with a bored glance . "You , gave me permission to involve myself ..what a riot!" Lilith laughed darkly in her stride, interrupting the queen's disturbing train of thought. "How ever can you, trust I - for we live in separate worlds! However..." Her purr made the Celestial ill with fright. "We have a power to enchant...I admire your abilities greatly...though, you should know we demons collect those we have charged...with interest." She leaned back into her throne, her eyes narrowed and dangerous. "My interest, was what you failed to protect..." She hissed the sentence as an insult, Aria was crushed by the miserable demoness and her taunts. "Our deal...should never have been born to your fanatical conquest!" Her heart turned to ice as her eyes shown just as strongly as the Celestial's captor. "Lilith...you shall lose , the heroes I have seen will continue to bend the destiny they so crave." Her eyes shone bright as the moonlit bay of her chosen. "My trust that Lady Lori will arrive to meet her fate, will not waver." She declared surely. The demon mother grit her teeth and held back her fire. The little mermaid could have her prized victory- if only a whimsical fantasy at best.
"I will not stand to be kept here!" The siren decreed loudly. "My truth will not allow me to be kept away from my beloved student."
The sorceress in the mirror laughed as she recalled why the queen of sea blues had been locked away. "If I were to let you free..you would simply kill and absorb your precious student!" She smirked evilly. " I did this for her protection! Now, be a good little witch and let me set the stage as I see fit. We are mistresses of power. No one can stop it now! The wheel spins ; now it sits by my feet, this 'end will be our new beginning! Sing for me little princess! You andyoiur chosen children!" The songstress used her hands in a swift motion to block the witch's energies. "I made my pact, in order to dispell my fear that I would harm her..."The queen kept her palms out .
"I will not let you do as you please without repentance!" Her energies started to swirl around the mirror, leaving the wretched strich to end the connection. The mirror only showed the sorceress in blue aqua waves fighting herself. It was a very terrible reminder of why she had come here in the first place..
She had never wished to take on the siren's role. It simply became her when she had fought the demons with Catherine...Lorelai was coming back to a new form, she was brimming with such feeling that she knew it was what her student had wrought onto her. Lori was destined to be sought out...those selfish spirits craved her energies to feed, to feel better by her side..Aria felt sick as she sat herself onto the room's mattress. Her chest heaved as Lori's eyes bore into her...Rokuro...would lose his light...he would be sullied! Lilith would ruin the child's brilliance! Her eyes shut in a pained way as her body felt out of place. ~ Lori will call me...we are to become one entity...~ She sighed and shuddered away the lost memory that played over and over as a daydream. Fantasy...that was what it truly was...
"I do...not want this war ...You will save us..." She almost started to plead. "Our only child, still connected to the future..." Her words fell silent as the queen flopped onto the bed. Her eyes shut away the dim moonlight from the barred window. It felt as if she were living poor Rokuro's nightmarish past..Locked inside a tall tower, awaiting a sorrowful end to end them all.
The night wind blistered outside the cell while the queen slept inside , dreaming of a sky worth saving...
/
Rokuro awoke to the sight of a dank, dark and dreary dungeon ; his hands were tied behind his back, white his hair cascaded over his vision and fell to blind him helplessly the the ground. Trying as best as as possible to sit up, the young prince writhed up against a wall and positiond himself by using his fingers to navigate. His head felt heavy as his long ebony locks brushed around him, he had noticed they had a mind to keep him unaware. Lilith was doing this to spite the dragon Roku..it had beem plain as the nose he had, that sneezed from the cobwebs hovering around the room. "A loving tyrant.." He snorted with a sorry look to the floor. She had been doing all of this ...but maybe not only to annoy the monster that had bore his wretched son to such a fate. "An attention swine..." He mumbled all alone. "The red serpent will come to strike her down...-
The teen gasped, dazed and pale as the moon outside the hide away. "I...no...the dragon will never leave ..I...have to end this..." He rasped in in despair those words, and sat up to see where this prison was, and where it might be brought to crumble...
His arms traced the brick layering the walls, searching for a dead spot to break away. It was...strange...but this castle was in the past? Was it another illusion made by the owl lady?
"This room is not surrounded by a forcefield." He wondered aloud as the echo of his own voice was his only comfort. "It can be crushed...just, how?" He sat cross legged to the cold stone and began his infiltration of the walls, the every vine on the outside...the brick after brick bearing away the chill of the night time winds. This...was a very strange reality..no one was coming...but, the guard outside the door...he could not trace a single soul inside the tower!?
~ A tower for your powers to be sealed up tight...~ A crone voice said with a cackle in the darkened light of the chamber. The boy shivered as he shook from a sudden chill in the room. His hair stood on end and stood around him as barbed hooks. Dragon abilities...he felt somewhat defenseless though.
"wh- Who is there?" He called out in a panicked voice. The tendency to regress into childhood would have to be halted eventually. It was not threatening as Rokou or the real Rokuro had been..that was why it's alter image existed. He felt sure it would not be corrupted by the prospect of war and dominence over other realms.
~ You, are unsure as to why I am here.~ The elderly wraith grinned a bit, but kept her voice low as to not frighten the boy into a breakdown.
Her dark robe's hood revealed a familiar sight which caused the teen to drop his guard. "I...know you..." He said breathlessly to the wood spirit of the east. ~ Yes.~ She nodded to the grief stricken prince solemnly. ~ For Bao Shi Lan is here to change what it was she allowed to occur for the vessel Grayson...~ He felt as if she had been too vague in explaining. The prince had not seen a thing..for the most part. Though she tried to explain in a bit more detail, that her way was corrupted by Roku's words. The boy nodded and waited for her to dictate WHY she had come to this dungeon.. Her eyes fell to the stone flooring with a frown. Those green eyes shone in such brilliance that Rokuro felt...more than able to accept her apology. Malchior had told her that much...and he had fled the teen wizard's protection...The raven haired prince sighed at this recollection and then turned to answer the spirit truthfully.
"You did all of that...to set us free from the prophecy..?"He asked with an innocent glance. "I...do not know what to say.." The teen shook his head slowly. "Bao Shi...you have always been aiding us...I feel I can trust you...-
The spirit cut him off with a finger pointed . ~ You must control your ability , so that those that you have lived on for..can know that you had never wished to betray them!~ Her words struck, sound and pure as the starry moonlit night gave way to dark stormclouds in the distance.
Rokuro's spirit ally swirved around to see a rift be broken , the demon queen had returned from the long hunt...
~ I must tell you one more piece of advice.~ The spirit started to fade with a sad smile plastered across her lips. ~ You were a saviour. Whether you recall the ones you saved on your journey..they were never abandoned..~ Her voice started to break as her limit onto this unknown plane started to give. The boy fell to his knees and cried out. ~Bao Shi! You were my grandmother's protector!~ The speak sounded as a broken harp, she faded out before his last sentence could be spoken. "You...loved my mother...thank you..." He knew she had died as the fuzzy blue light spirit from Grayson's memories as they pierced his own far to overdue for words. "I...I may have not met her ..." Rokuro sniffled in his chains. "Yet, Lilith shall not cast aside..my burried happiness!" He gasped as the only opening to the cell creaked in response to his jittering. "My child..." The queen of fallen woes hummed sweetly- deadly.
"Mommy dearest isn't here to save you! Only daddy can be your last calling card!" She grinned in a sinester way. "So..." Rokuro growled back as his hair stood on end wildly. "You said Roku was out of the picture?...Why are you calling him back? He doesn't trust you-
"Gah!" The teen fell face first onto the stone with a hard smack. Her cronies were her body builder body guards from the human plane!
"I have no need of a sniveling brat like yourself, telling a being of higher worth than he, what should be done...however.." Her grin was a bit more between a sneer as she waltzed over to the captive bound in seals. " Roku will only rise...if YOU call him home!" Her laughter echoed throughout the chamber, frightening the lackeys with a passion. "No...he cannot break free!" The teen protested with a bark. "My real body...is the only one that...?-
He looked up, in a daze with shock apparent in the boy's blue eyes. "You...that was when...you stole it!" He started to breathe heavily. "You...it will not fight! The seals are!-
"Do you take me for a fool , child?" The queen scoffed with a hand to his cheek. Her eyes bore into his own, forcing the red to reappear without warning. "The eyes are daddy's own influence. Every demon's got at least a set!" Her laughter deepened. "Alicia is unaware that her dear elder sister is going to be up on that live stage with my new puppet!"
Her eyes shone red as well under the light. "The...heroes of earth will not lose!" The boy winced as she let him stand, only to be grabbed and dtagged from the cell. "The Titans!" Her knashed his teeth trying to prevent the brutes from sending him through the iron door. "Will stop you! Hah! No! You aren't summoning that monster back!" Called out the teen in a breathless wail. "I promised to end it!"
"And so you will my little catalyst..." She purred and walked away towards the place he would be staying put. "So you will..."
/
Hakuro inside of Richard alerted the teen that night in the den of Kay's home ,that some sort of disturbance was about to occur. His predictions were a bit shattered; sending messages in random patterns to and from he, to the teen hero of earth. Richard's eyes pulled away as he directed his attention to the teen in white. Going back into your own head, Dick felt that Raven must have seen worse...
~This...is not good...~ The teen hero gasped upon entry. "What?" He looked at the teen by the throne and frowned. "You called me in?" He said with a softer tone. "What did you find?" The hero's connection to unseen happenings shook his head and clutched it roughly in his hands. ~ Rokuro...they are the demons from the last war...the lady Owl Woman...she intende to bring about the ernd!~ He gasped in a panting breath. "The...end...then she is the one behind Aria ...even Cal's appearance!-
~No, no..~The boy composed himself a little and denied the hero to be correct. ~He could not keep his form , thus...his magic being used so frequently made him revert to his weakest persona..~The younger looked into the older hero's eyes with a flustered face. ~The fox..went after his scent...and, in turn was sent sky high...this world that he is being concealed away..it must be a dangerous one for a guardian to have his magic drained so quickly...~ He said in a dreary tone.
Richard thought about how Kay had been towards them. He had been working for their sake...but...due to his mother's orders..he could blow their cover if his magic were not strong enough to faced her down!
~ You are wondering,.what can be done at this point on..? Correct?~ The younger leaned against the throne's arm lazily. "Yeah..in a way.." The teen mumbled slightly yet Hakuro was very much able to understand. "We have to find where Lilith as you said..is keeping Rokuro hostage." He decided Raven and Kay's magic would be essential. The teen hero...was not going to let Hakuro's own powers eat away at him...it was too early to combine strengths.
~ You might be wise..if you were to gather Aria , even the dopple ...to gather allies before dealing with the wretch..~ He groaned. ~Then, you and your comrades could pull the plug- as the humans say; on her performance.~Richard looked up to the young white haired Ethereal with a feeling of hope, that the spirit gate keeper had not seen since...~
"We are not backing down without a fight."He said with a thumbs up. The young spirit huffed a bit but was taken aback by the teen hero's next move. "I can fight...but , you will have to promise not to overpower at the last second.." He smirked and noticed what the heroic Grayson was expecting. ~You...cannot be serious!?~The teen in white clothing said with a nervous laugh...
~That..is suicide!~ He exclaimed, gaping as the teen turned to go back. "I am a hero...my team is more than my back up support." Her said in a soft voice. "They are my best friends. And, I want to know you can trust we will save him. No matter how many times we fall, the Titans will never stop fighting." He waved off and returned to the heroes and guardian few staring at the Titan lead with open jawed awe.
"Dude!" Beastboy scrambled over and grabbed his bro in a rough way. "Where did you go? Rae was freaking out big time that she-
"Dick...We have not been able to talk of have normal conversations..as if you had never been here!" Starfire wrasped a bit anxiously. "Star...I am A- ok...It's just-
"Hakuro is ...still holding you up." Verra sniffed the teen and sneezed cutely as the cat hybrid. He washed his face by pure instinct, but felt unclean in doing so. "Yeah..." The rest gasped as the teen had opened pandora's box for them to see. "Hakuro...was helping me...to find Aria and who was controlling her movements.." He said, biting his lip. "Then...you knew?" Cy shook his head and sighed. "What was it we shouldn't a known? Should we just butt out like before? You have gotta quit tryin to-
"No...if..if you knew , then you would forget about me.." The hero leader explained in a low voice. "You aren't going to die because another creature is saving face. The Hakuro you saw was the one I see when I fall flat for a real answer..I had to know every detail, since...I can't see the enemy in front of me so clearly, at least , anymore.." It had not been exagerrated . Dick really had trouble seeing spirot beongs and the presence of danger grew weaker. It wasn't safe , since the beings were attracted to poor Hakurto and the selves- Grayson included!
"It was my duty..."Calumon sniffled in a mess. "Tsuki hime is not supposed to be the one!" His eyes grew and he cried harder. Alicia had to pat his back like a child...Bb still felt Calumon was nothing like Kay..They were too different!
"Then, we will demand to see Catherine." Alicia stood up with her cloak billowing. "She is very aware of both parties, am I not correct, " She asked this too formally, but to her it was obsurity that was required to tear down barriers. "Yes..." the wide eyed Celestial son wiped a tear as it forced him to rub his eyes now puffy and clouded. "We shall contact the one that can...possibly restore our powers as well!" Her eyes brightened as she recalled the queen was of a high position even on earth.
"Let's get to it then!" Shoji returned to as himself as Verra became no more than a shadow. "I can open a link, then we can just transport there if need be, if not...then we have to drive to meet her.
"Rae is upstairs..isn't anybody gonna ask her first?" Bb looked accusingly at the cat's double. "Cal, could ya go and bring Rave down from her meditation?" Cy knelt to meet the little guy's lavender eyes. The little fluff ball soon smiled with a giggle and changed completely by Alicia's words.
"Sure , sure! Yup! Is she gonna be busy? Want me to knock?..." The teen leader answered the fuzzy white teaddy. "Let me go with you." Starfire was unsure of why he was also needed. Her eyes watched the two head up the staircase, down the hall housing many rooms. Her sigh was quiet but the cat as Shoji smiled back. "The path she is walking...is a steep road.." The Tamaranean cocked her head in his direction , puzzled. "What 'road' do you speak of?" She wondered aloud. "That sorceress is surpassing her rites...her truth lies with finding what is hidden." The cat replied, just as the princess added coyly.
"She...is not alone?.." The starry eyed warrior worried if that meant...that the lady Ravenna had not been only for a short while...she too was fighting an ever changing tide.. Her head shook away distractions as Shoji pulled up the screen of Catherine having a moment by herself. The body guards had been emtied from her sights...and her aura..was vivid through the back ground!?
"How did you find this link?" The queen raised a brow to a nervous Shoji. "Many pardons...we are here now just learning who has Aria ...in a bind..." He tried to be vague in an attempt to drag out what this official knew. "Ari..you have the files?" She asked cautiosly to the cat. "The Titans leader was aware..you must surely have been told-
"Huh?" Bb had not known of data files that only Richard had aquired. "What kinda files?.." The cat interrupted. "We missed the news a day late...isn't about the prophecy as much anymore.." Her the path to begin anew. "Rokuro...is being held against his will. The culprit behind the appearance of a false Aria, is Lilith." The queen started to pull out a box from her rooms. It was a wooden chest that held a special crystal. The relic looked as if it were a beating pulsation of one's own spirit..but..who had used it? It was a bonded stone!
"This...is a deep blue spinel that Rokuro must have lost sight..." The cat kept silent a moment. "That...it is as the ruby red one that the mean dragon Roku used!" Starfire exclaimed . "Why are there more than we originlly knew?" Her eyes were taken by the shape of a teardrop ; almost with a black hue surrounding it. Waters of the very spirit Lori had wished to pass to her son...
"Roku had his own that was used to keep his son in line." The cat finally gasped. "That stone...was Lorelai's crystal...it was the Ainsley's birthrite..." His eyes became glassy as he continued. "So...you are still saying to look high and low for the veseel of Lorelai Ainsley...is that it?" His heart felt it would be ripped apart. She was still alive!
"I am sorry Veravakumu...this is by order of the Celestial officials...but she is closer than you see posible! For her ability will quell-
The dog just looked at the queen of his past; she had not aged, nor had she gotten any more wise than that warring time period...
"I won't let your boss or mine decide if Rokuro or the Titans will survive.." The foul mouthed dog growled as he got ready to speak his mind. "Not a game, you elite have to wake up to what is really going on." He was fuming to a spirit that could rebuke his title!
"Darnit ! Vee! Don't be a jerk to her!" Bb exclaimed as he clamped onto the cat's shoulder. "You gotta cool it cat!" Cy was worried that Verra would destroy the Teen Titans' chance of ever rescuing little Ro-
"Enough!" Raven stomped down , then took to her spot by an equally frustrated Cyborg. "I know we have a lot of enemies in different places making it impossible for the Titans...to work like before.." She kept her eyes glued to the fluff ball Calumon, who started to bawl next to Alicia. "The despair you all feel...is something that we know has a mind of it's very own." Catherine tried to see through each allies aura's before speaking. "Roku is still making waves...and has adversaries as well as those that want him to thrive." The queen cleared her throat. "Verra, you are unnerved by Rokuro's appearance. I do not have any ill feelings towards you. For you risked your very life for my nephew and cousin...that I can never repay." Shoji just lowered his head , as if his world would come crashing down by that lone collection of past memories.
"I...also want to make sure that the taint is finished, it was Roku who is still awaiting a ticket to this destination, right?" His eyes returned to glance at her, as she put away the gemstone into it's proper container. "You must also go back to your branch in Tokyo." She reminded Shoji, he was yet to see whom he had left behind. She did know Lori was close by..Shoji was still in the dark, and the heroes...had more to see of Aria's appearance. "Alicia?" She turned to her youngest daughter with that same soft gaze. "Yes?..Qu-
"Lady is fine..I though..would prefer mother when you can find that in your heart to do so.." Alicia nodded a bit nervously, but smiled back. "The heroes have the guardians and myself." She said to the lovely queen with golden wheat colored tresses, just as her daughters...
"Then, the tickets are going to arrive within two days time . Perhaps three if Lori's new vessel is recovered." The teen wonder blinked towards the mistress on the screen. "She...is somewhere we might be able to go? Why is she that important...Rokuro and Hakuro...the selves should fight without depending on her to set them free from Roku!" The Titan looked back to an almost calm enough Raven with a sideways glance. "Rae, Isis told you that the whole thing revolves around that other prophecy." He said clearly to his second in command. "She breathed and considered keeping Catherine as a connection...but, she had officials to tell of their exploits. It could be dangerous!..
"Yes...the, prophecy was unearthed by our comrade ...Malchior..." She seethed. "He found from his source that the next generation child of the prince. was supposed to...carry the influence and energies of the golden dragon..." Her chest pounded as she told the queen her tale of the pink haired Eternal expecting the few to win the war...That Richard was cursed to carry Roku's influence because he had been forced to drink the dragon's life blood. The next was of Kori who would be involved because of Arianna's attachment to Rokuro as his...beloved. Her chest felt on fire and her vision fuzzy, but her emotions eventually adjusted to releasing her long overdue prophecies. "We are fighting to make it clear that Roku has no part in any of the Titans' futures." She coughed roughly to recover her senses. "Then, Lori will do just as she expects." The queen nodded and waved, her hand indicating that she would be leaving the chat. "Wait!" Starfire gasped before her ally had let them go. "We are not going to wish for you to relay your thoughts to those that do not trust our actions!" The princess said, blue in the face.
"Never ..by decree , only when the time comes will I even begin to think your worth is to be questioned." The queen winked to the Tamranean girl and made her feel safe. "We shall however find more about this child. In the Eternal realm and Celestial, they are aware to an extent because of Aluehain. Yet, it would be a great disaster if any child to be born, were to be influenced by a monster such as he.." Her heart beat harder as her time had come to bid the teens to their fate. "We may be tested." Kori then said with a gaze more as Arianna's . The queen chuckled to this and disconnected from the link. "She had lost out to another; a demon mother who could do such a crime unto her charges..and another...
"Lilith is to dig her own grave, should Roku revive by her...obsessions..." She said all alone in her manor. She was still only just as powerful as Verra or Kayu in this realm. Mortals that could take on human form without being seen...there had to be a way to drag the black widow from her nest...the one called Veronica Bethal had been seen trying to make a mark in Gotham City back in the states. Her eyes focused onto impossibl things. Lori was well, dragon earth was only months away from a complete end...and, his vassal Raine Heather...had been the first to be there beside her teacher. Malchior was back in London recooping from his run in with dangerous enemies. Roku's old comrade Hsari had been active. The daemon and demon were acting in pairs, troops...but why...?
"Just as we cling to an anchor...they have formed a great strategy...yet...they are divided greatly...Paradise...or another afterlife..." Her eyes closed in a form of meditative bliss. In truth, it was to find the world in which Lilith had carved out her keep. Her body flew over into that new world, only to crash back as a wall erected in front. No one could scale the moat...nor climb the wall to discover what lay before it's bars...
Catherine was not amused, so she did not continue the mission any further that night. Rokuro would have to hold on for a rescue..after her strength returned..
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Tsukiyume could not find an opening; just as the great wood grew to cover her tracks..deeper and deeper as she levitated to higher ground. Rokuro was in a castle within the odd world's forrest. She was certain he would call to her. ~ Rokuro...I must not let you down..~ She mumbled a bit anxiously through a very soft mind speak. ~Did you say...Rokuro?~ A hiss made the moon being flail around, just to search for the creature that had spoken . ~ A princess? We did just have a prince to our table! The more the merrier! Do you not agree , highness?~
"Who is there!" She panicked by using spoken words, her magic flaring by the full moon's glow.
"I did not introduce, who I am! How very, very...rude of me..." The being was almost bare, while it's true face remained hidden by the pelt of a white wolf covering all but it's sneering lips. "I have no name. You may call me what you may. Though..I will not be as coy as a dog. For you to have travelled far...you must be searching high and low for your only charge..?"
"Demon creature!" She shook with rage at his conceited ways. She had been pulled right into a trap!
"Demon! You may as well be the corrupt wolf spirit that my comrades and guardians were warned of...what are you doing in this forbidden realm?" Her teeth ached as she readied her magic. "Well...The princess was in town! I do not mean yourself , but an old rival!" The goddess gasped and stood in a pained position, causing her to almost fall flat into an underlying pine. "That princess...I shall not give in to your taunts as well! Have your witch imposter face me! The one who has her bound back , is also going to be my personel captive upon returning for her judgement." The light haired deity was angry, the wolf felt her energies swirl and billow by his words. This was going to be too easy...two royals in more or less a little more than a single day. That night had been too much to contain as the man spirt in a white wolf's pelt howled it's greeting with it's head upturned , the goddess then prepared to strike.
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The meditation of young Tsani; of the Half Ethereal and Celestial orders turned away to the clouds and gasped. ~ My ally is in danger of losing her power!~ Her eyes were covered over in shadow by a light blue, shining hooded cape. Her sight could divine well enough to see who was still calling her back to an opposite realm. One she could barely recognise...Tsani had little time as she summoned up her strength and pulled out her magic lanturn. ~ Lady Tsukiyume is calling for my guidance...no...my utmost trust...something is not well below my own feet..~ She mused and opened up a rift. ~ I must look for the disturbance she seeks , to see if it may be spared...even for bringing my dear sister along into it's bouts..!~
The light of the small gateway she had brought inside of her own room, brought too much attention to her attendants. They had to fall fast asleep so that her work could be done swiftly. The ruler Destiny was firm on having Lady Dark and Light teach the tween all she would need to rule after their end. Light did not want her sister to disappear , so she was fragile and could not leave in fear she would fall victim to the enemy...she was only a figurehead created by Hecate and an eastern sorcerer in the past. The two sisters ruling over opposing strengths did not have a long enough time to continue. They were as Aleiah , Destiny , and Dragon Earth were to their orders. Now, a brave but foolish human had powers of the past once Eternal Dragon's . Roku had never been born of true rites. He had originally been of the rite 'Immortals'. That sect was converted to the others, no longer having any real power.
She passed through the cast iron gates of the sky villa, travelling tier after tier towards what realm had called out to her. It was most likely of the spirit world; she noddeda bit, as she hung her head and sat onto the sky villa transit's railcar seat. Her sister was possibly the one that had called out...yet...it may have been one more. Her eyes shut back to travel through dreams, a very nifty tool to finding the impossible. The heroes of earth were still raw. They needed to find how this would all play out. Soon, she would be there, soon.
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Gonna break it here! Wow...this took too much revising...even when I had made a mess of this chapter, it doesn't sound half bad! Ok!
Rokuro is in chains that Lilith is keeping him still by. Turns out, she still respects her old student turned , Roku. He is not only the one who has any power over the selves, but!- He also did the worst by causing the queen to fall. Now! He is going to try to prevent Queen Lorelai's counter reincarnation on earth, from stopping Rokuro and the selves from fighting back, and pushing the fall of worlds into motion...
Dick is still trying to keep the young Ethereal inside him a secret. Now, the Titans are just finding that the secret is eating away at their leader! Raven is annoyed at Kay and the guardians , now that Rokuro is in the demon lady Lilith's clutches! The cat confronts Catherine , but does a poor job of getting a real answer. Alicia is hoping she can keep it together so that the officials will not ruin her friend's mission. Malchior is out of commision until he recovers from the copy cat enchantress's spell. Kori is running herself ragged; she wants to trust that all will be well, but the high order guardians and spirit to her are still weak and not speaking their minds . They are falling behind, and Kayu is going to have to face the Celestial's Trump card. His mother Lady Sayumon.
Tsani has a trail that is going to lead her to the culprit allowing another alien realm to prosper. (She is still not aware that Lilith made that world to trap Rokuro and her prey.)
So! Chapter eleven is close at hand! Cannot wait to get started...after...I study for a very important test! Till next time! Once agan, read on! The next chapter is going to bring tge house down! ( Hint to a great big concert!)