Like an Animal
Chapter 14
I do not own Teen Titans
Hallo my faithful and very beautiful reviewers!
Sorry I took so long to update. Today there will be some very serious tension going on between two certain relatives. The tension will be so thick you could cut it with a spoon, and that's really saying something because I can barely scoop up ice cream with a spoon… they make it so chunky nowadays…
Oh, and make Raven 19 and BeastBoy 17. Because before I think I made them 18 and 16, but screw those ages. 17 is the way to go!
"Mother what are you doing here?" Raven whispered harshly.
The two had gone over to a corner of the dome, away from the eavesdropping monks.
"Well, I've been promoted to a higher social status in the Azarathian Council. Daughter, you don't know how happen I am to see you. You've grown beautifully-"
"Yeah, no thanks to you. I could've been dead and you wouldn't have given a damn-"
"How dare you say that! I've been concerned for your safety ever since-"
"Ever since when? Ever since Trigon came to fulfill the prophecy? What about before then Arella? Did you ever think of me? Whether I was alive and well? And speaking of which, where were you when Trigon came?"
Arella averted her eyes away from her daughter's piercing gaze.
"Raven, you must understand. I had to find someplace safe, away from here where he could find me so easily."
Raven breathed a laugh.
"So you went into hiding," Raven shook her head. "You're still the same spineless coward you were back then."
Arella looked up at Raven, tears threatening to fall down both their pale cheeks.
"I am not proud of what I've done. But I'm willing to make it up to you."
Raven turned around, wrapping her arms around herself in a self-hug.
"Not once did you ever say you loved me. You never summoned me to Azarath to visit. Never did you visit me in the temple even though I was on the brink of insanity from loneliness. I don't think you even remember my birthday."
Both of them sniffed simultaneously, tears falling down their faces.
"Why here? Why now?" Raven said after a time.
She heard Arella walk up behind her and she turned around. She was surprised to feel her mother's arms wrap around her in an embrace.
"Because Raven, I do love you. I did want to summon you to Azarath, but what would I say to a daughter I've neglected for so long? I wanted so badly to visit you in the temples, but it was forbidden, so I watched you from the balcony while you played in the courtyard with Tempus. I wished that one day you would come running into my arms with a smile on your face. I wished that you would come to me with your problems and your accomplishments. You don't know how proud I am of the strong woman that you've become… especially without my help. And Raven, I do remember you're birthday. It's just… I've been so… afraid."
Raven pulled away from her.
"Afraid? You were afraid? What about for standing up for what you believe in, huh? I stood up to Trigon and killed him," Raven sighed. "You couldn't even muster up the courage to sneak into the temple."
"Raven-"
"No!"
Arella paused, then looked down at her feet in shame.
Raven rubbed her temple before looking back up at her sulking mother.
"Look… can we just get this ceremony over with?" Raven said, turning on her heels to walk back towards the stone table.
"But I-"
"Arella… please just… let's just go," she pleaded.
Arella nodded as they both wiped the tears from their eyes. As they walked back out to the waiting monks, Raven put on her apathetic façade.
Arella walked back up to the head of the table and waited for Raven to step up. She took in a deep breath then said, "Have you brought the item required?"
"I have," Raven replied, reaching into her cloak and pulling out that small chest. She handed it to Arella then bowed, a small sneer on her face, then laid down on the stone table.
The monks started chanting again as Arella opened the chest and pulled out a translucent purple dagger. It was passed around the circle of monks until it reached Tempus. He raised it up into the air then chanted:
"Turne tesse para ku varum…" (I'm sorry to say that I don't know what this particular phrase means, so if it translates into something totally off subject… you know why)
The blade started generating a soft glow as it was passed back to Arella.
When she received the dagger, she looked down at it hesitantly.
"This blade shall restore her Azarathian honor."
"This blade shall restore her Azarathian honor," everyone chanted.
"Shattered and broken like her precious chakra."
"Shattered and broken like her precious chakra."
"May Azar grant me a steady hand," she said, her voice cracking as she raised the blade above her head.
"May Azar grant her a steady hand."
Tempus', Raven's and Arella's eyes widened in anxiety and fear.
"And may this woman in my care and Azar forgive me for my past deeds," she muttered so only Raven could hear.
Raven clenched her eyes shut as Arella plunged the dagger downward. It hit her chakra square on, to everyone's relief. But the process wasn't over yet.
The blade was supposed to be engulfed by her chakra, but only the tip was inserted and it refused to budge any further. Her chakra was refusing the help.
This took everyone by utter surprise.
"Be strong Raven," Arella said as she took both her hands and drove it in.
As it slowly moved through her mental barrier, it started ripping away at her mind, slowly tearing away the fabric of her being and rebuilding it exactly the way it was before.
It hit another barrier, this one stronger than the last.
Arella put all of her weight into one last push.
Raven eyes shot open as she felt it break through her mind.
She drew in a deep breath, and let out a horrifying scream.
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BeastBoy and Cere' were walking down one of the many streets of Azarath.
They were deeply engrossed in a conversation in the normality's of a school life, until Cere' stopped walking and gripped her head in pain.
"Are you alright?" BeastBoy asked.
"Yes. I think it's just all those drinks Robin bought me. 6 glasses of liquor can't be good for your health."
"Oh. You wanna go back to our room?"
"No, I'm fine. Let's keep going."
"You sure?"
"Yes BeastBoy, I'm fine."
"If you say so," he muttered.
"So… what were you saying about… cafeteria food, was it?"
"Oh yeah… you see, cafeteria food isn't really food at all. It's actually a genetic parasitic coding-"
Cere' let out a cry and fell to her knees, clutching her head tightly. Her pupils shortened dramatically and her claws extended until they started causing little droplets of blood to form on her scalp. Her wings shot out of her back and strained themselves as her fangs lengthened. Her tail stood erect and the hair bristled on it.
"Cere', are you alright?!"
"Raven… her head…"
A scream tore through Cere's throat, but it wasn't her own. It echoed throughout the streets, and people started to crowd around them.
"C'mon Cere', we gotta get you back to the room."
He quickly changed into a pterodactyl and grabbed Cere' by the shoulders and took off into the air.
Cere' flinched as BeastBoy's talons dug into her skin, but she focused more at the searing pain racking through her body.
They soon reached their balcony and BeastBoy gently laid her down before transforming back into a human.
He picked her up bridal style and laid her on the bed.
"Okay, what do I do now? What do I do now?" he panicked, trying to find some way to help his friend in need.
"Burning…" Cere' whispered hoarsely.
"Burning? Burning, what do you do for burning…? Water!"
BeastBoy ran to the bathroom and came back with a damp washcloth. He carefully placed it on Cere's head and waited to see her reaction. She simply shook it off then said, "Hot, all over…"
"All over?"
She nodded.
BeastBoy took his hand and placed it on her forehead. Hot. He moved his hand down to her collarbone. Hotter. Her stomach. Scorching. Her outspread wings were moving up and down unconsciously, trying to keep themselves cool.
"Okay, can you retract your wings so I can… take off your shirt?"
She nodded a 'no'.
BeastBoy sighed. Raven was going to kill him. He grabbed hold of the front of Cere's tank top and ripped it down the middle. He moved down and unbuttoned her jeans and slipped them off and tossed them to the side.
"Did that help?"
"A little… but-"
She let out a groan, and her body noticeably turned to a light shade of red.
"Dammit. Uh… okay. Hold on."
He ran into the bathroom again and Cere' heard water pounding onto a surface. He came back out with a wet towel in hand and laid that across her.
"'Kay, the tub is running now."
"BeastBoy…!" she cried. "The towel is hot…"
"What? That's impossible! I just put it on you!"
He grabbed hold of the towel then quickly let it go. He cradled his hand which started had already started to turn red.
"You've got to be kiddin' me," he whispered to himself, examining his now Christmas colored hand.
He looked back at Cere' who was now panting profusely, her unnaturally large tongue lolling out the side of her mouth.
BeastBoy was clenching his teeth in frustration, trying to figure out how to get Cere' into the tub. An idea struck his head.
He walked over to his dresser and pulled out his uniform gloves. He slipped them on then went back over to Cere' again.
"Can you fold your feathers a lil'?"
Cere' nodded weakly, then began to fold them a little ways. As she was doing this, she cringed with obvious pain.
"That's as far… as they'll go…" she breathed.
BeastBoy hesitated. She didn't fold them in very far, and he didn't want to damage them.
He quickly grabbed her bridal style and ran to the bathroom, her skin burning his arms. he gently started putting her into the water. Feet first. Once her toes hit the water, steam slowly started streaming up. As he gradually put her in further, more steam rose, obscuring his vision. But he took special care in her wings and head, making sure they were on the rise of the tub.
He laid his hand on her head again, and it was cooling down dramatically, but she was still in such pain. Then without warning, she threw back her head, and let out a scream.
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Raven took in another deep breath and let out a scream as Arella slowly retracted the dagger from her chakra.
Arella struggled as she pulled it out slowly, trying to make sure she didn't destroy any part of Raven's mind.
Most of the patients, during this part of the procedure, would either die of shock or go mad.
Raven was doing fine… until she ceased screaming and her eyes rolled into the back of her head moments later that is.
Arella's eyes widened as tears threatened to fall, but she didn't stop the gradually procedure. If she did, Raven would die for sure.
"Raven, please don't leave us," she whispered as tears dripped from her eyes onto her daughter's face.
Tempus was trembling underneath his cloak, watching Raven's lifeless body with tear filled eyes. He sucked air through clenched teeth as he twisted the belt around his robe nervously.
One of the monks scolded him, and he stopped fiddling and stood up straight.
Finally, Arella successfully pulled out the blade and dropped it on the ground. She leaned down over her daughter and gripped the sides of her very pale face.
(Raven's chakra is now fixed)
"Raven…?"
She gently patted her cheek, but Raven didn't stir.
Tempus walked over to his friend and looked down at her.
"Come on Corvus… wake up," he said weakly.
"Come on. You're stronger than that," he said, putting a hand on her arm.
When she didn't budge, he let out a shuddered cry and dropped to his knees, shaking Raven's limp arm.
"You have to wake up. You can't leave us here… you can't leave us here damn it!"
Arella crumpled to the ground next to Tempus.
"Raven… my Raven…" she wailed.
The monks stood their silently as the cries increased and echoed throughout the dome, hands folded at their sides, unmoving and unblinking.
One of them, his face hidden by his hood's shadow, smiled to himself as the sobs rang through his ears.
Unbeknownst to everyone, he had tipped the blade with poison as it was passed around, and then, all he had to do was wait.
(Quick explanation: The blade is made of the same jewel as the Azarathian's chakra. When you put the blade into the broken chakra, the chakra jewel is replaced with a blade shard. So every time the blade is used, it losses a piece of itself because it is now part of the chakra.)
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After BeastBoy put Cere' into the cool water, she let out a scream then passed out.
Her fever had cooled, and she looked fine… but something just didn't feel right. BeastBoy could sense it.
There was a knock on the door a few seconds later, and Robin and Cyborg walked in.
BeastBoy quickly ran to them, grabbed Robin's arm and dragged him into the bathroom.
"Help her! Something's wrong! She got all hot and it burned me then I put her in the water and now she isn't doing anything at all!"
Robin stood there stock still for a moment, then quickly lifted Cere' out of the water and placed her on the scorched/wet bed.
"Cyborg, give me a body scan, ASAP!"
Cyborg ran over to the side of the bed and lifted his arm over Cere'. A blue laser shot out of his arm and fanned over Cere's body. When the scan was complete, he read the results that were trailing rapidly down the screen on his arm. He looked up with a scared expression on his face.
"Poison… poison spread throughout her whole body, her whole circulatory system."
"Well take it out!" BeastBoy yelled.
"That's the problem. She has a blood type that I've never seen before. We can't replace it."
"Or maybe… we don't have to replace it…"
Everyone turned to face Robin.
"What?"
"We can filter it. We'll stick a small tube in her arm which connects into a filter, then the filter will get rid of the poison, then another tube will be on the on the opposite side of the filter and will transmit the clean blood back into her system."
(This little filter idea will probably never work in real life… but this is TT biotch!!!)
"Cyborg, I'm sure you know what items we'll need."
Cyborg nodded, then headed out the door.
"BeastBoy, leave the ro-"
"No! I'm staying. I'm not leaving this spot."
Robin wasn't paying any attention to him, and was actually looking around the room.
"Where's Raven?"
"Oh, um… she went to this ceremony thing-"
"Alone?"
"No, she went with Tempus. Why?"
Robin let out a relieved sigh.
"Some people here are still against her since she's still Trigon's daughter. I heard some people over talking at the tavern after you and Cere' left. They were planning on… doing something, I can't really remember what."
He shrugged as Cyborg came back with the junk they needed to pull off this impossible task.
They hooked the contraption up to Cere' and waited as it filtered her blood.
It actually seemed to work since her breathing returned back to normal, but she still seemed pretty out of it.
"Dudes, I think she's sleeping."
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No pulse.
No breath.
No color.
Officially, she was dead.
So why were her lips to forming incoherent words?
Why were her fingers still twitching?
And why were her legs still kicking?
Everyone watched in either horror or amazement as Raven, literally, came back from the dead.
Her eyes rolled back into their preferred positions and regained their amethyst hue as she slowly came back
The murderous monk's eyes darted nervously across the room as Raven slowly sat up.
She gripped her head and glanced around the room curiously. Her eyes soon traveled to Tempus' and she saw his tear stained face.
"D… did I do something wrong?"
Tempus and Arella stood stock still for a moment before tackling her with hugs worthy of Starfire.
Arella laid gentle kisses on Raven's forehead and cheeks as Tempus continued squeezing the living daylights out of her.
"As much as I like… being loved," she choked. "I still don't want to be… suffocated by it."
They back away from Raven and she took in a grateful breath of air.
"So… why's everyone staring at me like that?"
"Because, daughter, you died… and then you came back to us."
"I… died?"
"Yes," Tempus sniffed. "We thought we lost you for good Corvus."
"How'd I die?"
"The blade-"
"The blade shouldn't have- couldn't have killed me. There was something else I felt invading my mind… something foreign. Where's the dagger?"
Arella looked around on the floor, and picked up the dagger quickly and handed it to Raven. She examined it closely and found a few green splotches on the tip.
"Poison," she muttered to herself.
'But how did it get there?'
Her eyes looked around the room, observing the monks closely.
A couple were fidgeting with their fingers or robes but nothing more.
She looked around at them a couple times, and then her eyes connected with one that seemed a little too apprehensive. He noticeably paled when she didn't break eye contact with him.
He looked around the room only to see the other monks staring at him also.
He gave a whimper before turning around and sprinting down the narrow walkway above the clear crystal stream.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
A black beam of energy shot out from the palm of her hand and sped over towards the monk. It hit him square in the back and he fell over into the water.
Everyone crowded onto the walkway and watched as the traitor resurfaced.
Raven parted through the crowd and casually waited for the man to take a breath before surrounding him in black aura and lifting him into the air in front of her.
"Who are you and why did you try to kill me?"
The man just sputtered out some water, refusing to talk.
"Are you a unic?"
He nodded his head no, and quickly regretted it, because Raven now hand her hand inches away from his crotch, surrounded in black aura, sparking dangerously close.
"Tell me what I want to know… or you'll lose your main purpose in life. Get it?"
He nodded furiously.
"M-my name is Murtagh. I'm an assassin and I was hired to kill you."
"Who hired you?"
He didn't reply.
"Who hired you!" A spark hit his thigh, and he gave out a cry and crossed his legs.
"Uh… she didn't say. All she said was that if I didn't successfully kill you then I should give you a message."
"She…? What was the message?"
"Um… 'What's up, witch.' Yes, that was it. Please, please don't hurt me."
"Witch?"
She looked down in concentration, trying to remember something that she had long ago forgotten. Then it seemed to hit her.
Her head snapped up to face the monk again.
"This person, what did she look like? Tell me!"
"I-I don't know exactly what she looked like, she was in the shadows. But- but I did see a lock of hair. I-it was blonde."
Raven's eyes widened.
'How did she find out I was here…? How did she find an assassin here? Better yet, how did she come back?'
"Please, please, can you let me go now? Don't take it personally, but it's my job. I have a family, you know."
Raven looked at him with disgust, then sent him flying across the vast room, putting in a little too much power than need be.
He hit the wall hard, and fell unconscious into the water.
Raven slapped a hand against her head.
"Dammit. Uh… can somebody go get him before he drowns?"
One of the younger monks nodded and stripped until he was in his black loincloth, then dove into the water to save Murtagh.
Tempus started chuckling behind her, then grabbed onto Raven's hand and started leading them out the temple.
"Come on, let's go. The ceremony is over and I for one am starving."
Raven smiled and let Tempus guided her out of the temple, but before they reached the main entrance in the primary part of the temple, they heard footsteps running up behind them.
They stopped and turned around to see Arella running towards them.
She stopped in front of Raven.
"I… I was wondering if maybe we can go to dinner tomorrow. Get to know each other maybe. I am very sorry for being such a disappointment in your eyes, but… I want to make it up to you Raven. And… I want to know what it's like to have… a daughter's love."
"Mother… I don't know-"
"Please, just think about it. Please…"
Raven sighed, then after a while of thought, nodded her head.
Arella's face seemed to brighten a little as she gave a small smile.
"Then we'll meet at the front entrance of this temple at dusk."
"Alright."
They bowed to each other before turning their separate ways.
Arella to the intimate confines of the towering temple.
Raven to the unforgiving world that had forever signed her as an outcast.
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"So… she's sleeping?"
"Well, she looks like she's part cat…"
"Maybe she went into a dormant state."
The boys pondered at this as they watched her sleep peacefully.
"Should we… should we wake her up?"
"No, let's let her sleep."
"Should we change her clothes?"
They all looked down at her, then nodded almost eagerly.
"But wouldn't that be considered sexual assault?"
"Look, she's not human and we're not on earth, so what's the problem?"
"Well, look at it this way. Would she care if you changed her clothes?"
"Yes! Yes she would!"
Cyborg and Robin looked at BeastBoy, smiles lining their faces.
"Okay, since you're so against the idea-"
"Why don't you changer her-"
"I mean at least then you might lose your virginity."
The started laughing as BeastBoy blushed.
They walked out the door and slammed it behind them.
"Don't be to rough with her! We don't want her to be cripple now!" he heard Cyborg shout from down the hallway.
BeastBoy muttered a curse then walked over towards the sleeping Cere'.
He carefully plucked out the two tubes in her arm and placed the blood filter in the closet.
"Raven, please forgive me if I go too far."
He walked over to Cere's sleeping body, and leaned over her.
He watched as her breasts moved up and down with her steady breathing, her nipples visible from beneath her bra because of the cold water. He gulped as he slowly tore off the remains of her shirt.
Okay, now what about the wet underwear?
He hooked his thumbs into the underwear, and slowly slid it down.
Her smell entered his nose, and he had to resist the sudden urge to finger her.
Why was she aroused? She was as good as dead a few minutes ago. But then again, she was a weird one. Her scent actually reminded him of Raven a little bit. Just a little bit.
BeastBoy tossed her underwear in the corner somewhere and looked back down at her.
He couldn't help but put his hands on her thighs and running them up the curves of her hips, her hard smooth abs, her ribcage, and then he stopped, right underneath her breasts.
Cere' sighed, and then shifted a little, raising her arms above her head. BeastBoy froze until she stopped moving, then realized what position she was in.
Did she now what he was doing? Was she letting him touch her?
He shook his head, then hesitantly moved his hands underneath her bra.
Her breasts molded perfectly into his hands, and he would've been content just to hold them like that.
He slowly started kneading her breasts, increasing his speed every so often.
He looked up at Cere' to see her face. She had a smile playing on her lips and her tail started to waver.
BeastBoy's face dropped when he realized what he was doing and he abruptly stood up straight, turning away from Cere'.
Cere' sat up and looked over at the blushing BeastBoy.
"Why did you stop? That felt great."
"Because, I would be betraying Raven's trust."
"But, you two aren't even officially boyfriend and girlfriend. So you wouldn't be betraying anything… anyone I mean."
She walked up to him, discarding her bra and sighing in relief at being free from the constrains of that binding mechanism. She put a hand on his back and he tensed up noticeably as she trailed a claw down his back.
"You know you want me… so why don't you take me?"
"Because I already have someone. I love her, and she loves me."
"So, you're not allowed to love more than one person?"
"Um… th-"
"Because Raven seems to have taken a very strong liking towards that Tempus fellow. It almost seems to be forming into something… bigger."
BeastBoy turned around to face Cere'.
"Love?"
"I don't know, but I do know that they have shown their affection for each other in many ways."
"Have they… done it?"
Cere' shrugged.
"They might've. And if they have, you could always get your revenge…"
"How?"
Cere' grinned, baring her white canines. It made her almost seem like a vixen, and it made BeastBoy's heart jump.
She took hold of the back of BeastBoy's neck and drew him into a deep kiss. He didn't resist.
She started falling back on the bed, bringing him with her. He didn't resist.
She then grabbed hold of his shirt and started pulling it over his head, breaking their intimate kiss for only a second, then diving back for more.
Cere' drew her wings into her back as she ran her hands over his back.
BeastBoy pulled away from their kiss to undo his pants, but was stopped by Cere' you had grabbed hold of his bottom lip with her teeth. They went back into a devouring kiss, and somehow, Cere' flipped them over so that she was on top.
"Let me do it, I insist," she said as she slipped off BeastBoy's pants and boxers.
She grabbed hold of his hard erection and started pumping it experimentally.
"How does that feel?"
"A little lower," he breathed.
She obeyed and moved her hand a little lower, and soon noticed that he was bucking his hips with her hand motion. She had enough of that and moved back up to his face, kissing and biting his neck and collarbone.
She moved up to his ear and whispered, "Bring out the Beast for me."
He looked up at her.
"Are you sure? I won't be able to stop once I start."
She nodded.
"I'll bring it out when we get to that point."
He started kissing her again, moving his hands down her back. He reached down between her thighs and entered a finger into her wet pussy.
He felt her jump at the sudden intrusion, and he smiled against her lips.
He pulled out his fingers after awhile and then flipped them over so that he was on top again.
"Are you ready?"
Cere' nodded eagerly, almost impatiently.
BeastBoy smiled, then let the Beast rip through him.
And then, they shared their salty, savage passion, going rapidly, tearing and biting, not caring what one did to the other, or how much blood was shed.
But that didn't matter.
Blood merely fueled them, like an animal.
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After eating a fine meal at a local tavern, Raven teleported herself and Tempus to the highest spire in Azarath, where they laid on a domelike top, their shoes to the side, and talked about everything they could think of.
Time flew, and they watched as midday, turned to evening, which turned to nighttime.
The stars here were bigger, and much more beautiful than the ones on earth.
They were a mix of purples and blues, reds and oranges that faded into each other. The sky was the deepest shade of blue you could ever imagine, and it didn't fade into a black. More of like a deep purple. And he moon, oh the moon. The moon was such a white that it almost seemed blue. It glimmered wonderfully in the middle of the sky and it simply set chills down your spine.
"It's beautiful," Raven breathed.
Both Tempus and Raven were sprawled out on the ground, looking up into the sky.
"As are you," Tempus said, his voice low and tantalizing.
Raven blushed, and turned her face towards him.
"You don't mean that."
"You're right, I don't."
Raven's eyes narrowed as Tempus started chuckling. She turned her face back to the sky, studying the stars.
She heard Tempus scoot over closer to her and plop down into his sprawled position again.
He placed a hand on top of hers, and it made her heart jump for a second.
"I'm sorry Corvus; you know I didn't mean it. I was just poking fun. You know you're beautiful."
She muttered a thanks, and then scooted over to Tempus and placed her head on his chest. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close.
Raven sighed as Tempus played with her purple locks.
"I missed you a lot, Tempus, while I was on earth. I thought about you everyday."
She couldn't believe she had just said that.
"Is that right?"
He felt her nod against his chest.
They laid in silence for a moment, just watching the swirling stars and beautiful moon.
"I would cry every night, because I didn't know where you had gone, and I thought that you had forgotten about me. And then I found someone, and we fell in love. For awhile at least," Tempus said.
He sighed.
"She found… someone else. Then one day she just packed up and… moved somewhere. It absolutely broke my heart. And then for some reason, my thoughts started returning back to you. My little raven…"
He drifted off into his own thoughts, but cut himself off.
"But, that's all in the past now. Plus, you're here. And you've made me so much happier since your arrival. Sometimes I wish we could go back into the past so that we could spend our whole childhood together."
"That would've been nice…"
"Yeah. I'm sure it would've been pure bliss."
"Ignorance is bliss."
"So we'll be ignorant children."
"If ignorance is bliss, then what is knowledge?"
Tempus looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"What the hell kind of question is that?"
Raven smiled and shrugged.
"Come here you idiot."
He kneeled over her and started tickling her ferociously.
She squealed with delight as he traveled over her neck and stomach.
"Tempus, stop!" she laughed.
He continued, his grin growing wider at the fun they were having together.
"Don't tell me the all powerful Raven is ticklish!"
He went to the crook of her neck, where he found she was most ticklish, and tormented her until tears poured out of her eyes.
They continued laughing and squealing and giggling under the stars until they got tired and calmed down.
Tempus trailed a hand down the side of Raven's face, examining her in the pale moonlight. Her amethyst eyes glinted mysteriously, and it entranced him into an almost dreamlike state. Then the small smile playing on her lips caught his attention. That smirk, her smirk that could just make the world seem to stop and watch it.
His tongue danced behind his lips for her, wanting her. Wanting every inch of her for the first time. Something bloomed inside of him. This feeling for Raven, so familiar, yet so foreign at the same time. It almost scared him.
He brushed a thumb over her lips in wanting. Raven's smile slowly faded and her eyelids lowered, making her look more enchanting than before. It absolutely took his breath away.
Before he could stop himself, those three words of power that could change a lifetime spilled from his mouth, dripped down his chin, then dispersed into the air.
"I love you."
Those words echoed, no, pounded into their ears.
Raven's eyes widened and her jaw slackened. She looked deep into his grey eyes to see any sign that he was lying.
He wasn't.
"Tempus…"
"Corvus… Raven… please can I have just- just one kiss?"
He was trembling with nervousness now, waiting on her answer.
She closed her jaw then replied, "You don't ask for a kiss stupid, you just take it."
Tempus paused for a second, and took that as a yes.
He slowly moved down, his vision darting nervously from her eyes to her lips.
After what seemed like an eternity, he placed his lips upon hers.
Raven grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him closer. Tempus cupped her cheek and moaned into her mouth as Raven moved her hand up and grabbed a handful of his short, spiky hair. She pulled his head up, exposing his neck and started kissing it greedily. She went back to his wanting lips and started messing with his black hair.
Tempus pulled away after awhile and moved down to her collarbone, kissing it through her white leotard.
He stopped and looked down at her breasts, then up to her eyes, mentally asking for permission. She nodded and watched as he sat up against her hips and looked down at her. It was obvious he had never done this before, and was scared he would do something wrong.
He raised his hands and placed them on her breasts. A blush spread across his face and he looked up at Raven again, and she nodded.
"Uh…" he said nervously.
Raven smiled, then placed her hands on top of his and made him squeeze and knead. After while of showing him how to do it, she dropped her hands and watched as he continued without her help.
She moaned gently, and he smiled down at her, happy that he could cause her pleasure.
He started experimenting now, and pinched and tugged at her nipples, making her jolt with excitement. He was pleased with the reply of louder moans coming from the woman's mouth.
Raven had had enough of all this clothing crap blocking them from a more… intimate experience, so after awhile she made Tempus stop and stand up.
She stood up with him, and unlatched her cloak, letting it drift to the ground.
Tempus' blush rose to his cheeks again as he took in her figure, and the blush darkened even more as she approached him and placed a hand on his chest.
She started kissing him softly, slowly moving her hands down to the rope tied around his waist. She undid the knot and it fell to the ground at their feet. Then she bent down to the feet of his robes and lifted it over his head, leaving him in nothing but a loincloth.
He didn't have abs or anything, but he was clearly healthy. There was a bulge poking out from the thin cloth of his underwear.
Raven looked up at him and smirked.
"A little excited, aren't we?"
He rubbed his head in embarrassment.
"Well, I can't really help it, you know. We don't have to go any further if you don't want to. I mean-"
He cut himself off when Raven started unbuckling her belt and zipping off her leotard. She couldn't quite reach the zipper, so she turned her back to Tempus and waited for him to unzip it.
He gulped and raised an unsteady hand, slowly pulling down the zipper, exposing her muscled back to the illuminating glow of the bright moonlight. She turned around, and he pulled it down, his body trembling with anxiety.
When he pulled it down to her feet, she kicked it to the side, leaving both of them in their underwear now. Tempus stared at her bare breasts, like he'd never seen such things before, and I wouldn't be surprised if he hadn't.
Raven suppressed a laugh and took his hands in hers, then placed them on her supple breasts.
He lightly squeezed them after awhile, a small smile spreading over his lips as he looked up at Raven.
"What?" she asked.
He just shrugged, and continued kneading her breasts. Raven smirked, then leaned up and kissed him deeply. He removed his hands from her breasts and moved them around to her back, rubbing them up and down.
Somehow, they ended up on the ground again without breaking for air.
Soon they broke apart. Tempus looked down at Raven as he slid her underwear over her thighs and tossed it to the pile of clothes. He went down lower, so that he was over her pussy and started tugging and circling his finger around her clit.
She gasped and moaned, which urged Tempus on. He soon found his two fingers submerged within her. She lightly bucked against him as he ventured around inside of her, curving his fingers and rubbing them against the walls.
"Enough. Just please take me," she said.
Tempus paused and looked up at her.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, just please fuck me."
He chuckled.
"A little demanding now, aren't we?"
Raven growled in frustration, then sat up and pulled Tempus back over her. She pulled down his underwear, and looked down to see his manhood. It wasn't as big as BeastBoy's, but it was still a good size. And he wasn't so hairy.
Tempus got a little nervous again, and was hesitant to enter her. So instead, Raven flipped them around and straddled Tempus' hips.
He watched as she guided his dick into her, nonchalantly moaning as it went deeper.
She started rocking back and forth, until Tempus grabbed hold of her hips and made her stop.
"C-can I do it?" he asked.
"…?"
"Um… can I be on top? Please…"
"Oh, yeah, of course."
He flipped them over again, and set his hands on either side of Raven's head, trying not to put all his weight on her. She smiled up at him and he blushed, smiling back.
He slowly started thrusting in and out of her, trying to get the right rhythm. Raven grabbed hold of his hips and started rocking with him, which helped him a great deal, because he couldn't keep a beat to save his life.
Tempus started moaning along with Raven, making an erotic chorus as they started rocking harder and faster.
Sweat glistened off of them in the moonlight as a cool breeze licked at their nude bodies.
Raven trailed her nails up and down Tempus' back as he increased speed.
He was gentle though. Not like BeastBoy, where every time they did it, it was rough and fast. Tempus, on the other hand, would look down at Raven's eyes, seeing if there was any hint of her wanting to stop or slow down.
They didn't just make love… they made delicious.
Candy eyes, taffy tongues, succulent lips, chocolate collarbones, grape-drop tipped breasts…
As they felt each other near their climax, they started rocking harder against each other. The crude sound of skin slapping skin echoed throughout the isolated rooftop.
When their climax hit, it almost felt like heaven between their thighs. Raven arched her back into them and they both cried out in pure ecstasy. His warm seed spread throughout her shuddering body.
Tempus' collapsed on top of Raven, small beads of renewed sweat breaking out on their foreheads. Raven fluttered kisses over Tempus' face and neck, their eyes closed in exhaustion and pleasure.
"Raven, that felt absolutely wonderful," he said, completely out of breath as he rolled beside her.
She curled up into him, burying her face in the crook of his neck.
She groaned, kissing his neck, and then said, "I know. I loved it. How you did it, how you made it felt…"
He sighed, playing with her dark tresses.
"But do you love me?" he whispered.
Raven paused, not sure of how to answer him.
"I see…" he said after a time, making a move to get up.
"Wait!" Raven shouted, putting a hand on his chest.
"I'm sorry. Don't get me wrong, I do love you…"
"But…?"
"…but, I love BeastBoy also…"
Tempus' laid there, propped up on his shoulders, looking at Raven hard.
"You have quite the dilemma then."
"No shit."
Tempus chuckled.
"Such colorful language. Pick that up on earth?"
Raven grinned.
"Actually, I unintentionally picked it up from BeastBoy… BeastBoy! What time is it?"
Tempus craned his head up to the moon, then looked back down at her lazily.
"About 1-"
"Dammit!"
She scurried up and hastily looked around for her clothes.
Tempus watched in slight amusement as she clumsily put back on her white attire.
"Raven…"
"What?!" she said, fumbling with her cloak.
"Your shoes… they're on the wrong foot," he chuckled.
Raven looked down, muttered a curse, and plopped down to readjust her shoes.
Tempus stood up, basking in all of his naked glory and walked over towards Raven. She looked up to find a cock staring back at her and she jerked back, surprised, then smirked.
"Are you gonna put that away or what?"
He grinned down at her, and she smiled back. She licked the tip of his cock that made him gasp in surprise and then she stood up, taking him full on the lips.
The pulled away and Raven said, "I gotta go now."
She turned to walk away, but was stopped by Tempus who had a firm hold on her hand. She looked at him in and was surprised to see that his eyes had saddened.
"Please… please don't go. Can't you stay with me for the night? You can make up an excuse for BeastBoy. Say you were out later than expected and was too tired to go home, so you came over to my house. He won't suspect a thing. Please…"
"Tempus… you have to understand. I can't just do that. it wouldn't be right."
Tempus opened his mouth to say something, but quickly closed it.
His grip loosened around Raven's hand until it fell to his side.
"I'm sorry Te-"
"Just go," he said sullenly.
Raven was taken aback by his sudden hostility, and hesitated before speaking again.
"Tempus-"
"Just leave me!"
He turned his back on her, his head bowed in anger, tears forming in his eyes.
He didn't look up until he heard that familiar hum of a portal opening and closing.
He turned around, and she was gone.
TT
Raven walked up the stairs of the inn and onto the 5th floor.
She was in such deep thought about her and Tempus, that she didn't notice the strange noises coming from her room.
She reached for the doorknob and opened it wide.
As she walked in, she froze in mid-step as she looked up to the scene placed in front of her. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened.
She had just got BeastBoy and Cere' caught in a moment of passionate kissing, naked and sweaty in their bed. The smell of sex lingered in the air. Sickening and suffocating.
BeastBoy and Cere' looked up to see a very shocked Raven standing in the doorway.
BeastBoy eyes widened and his jaw hung slack.
"Raven…"
Her eyes kept shifting back from Cere' to BeastBoy, and she seemed to be shaking. From what, they'll never know. Either to suppress tears or anger, probably both.
Raven took a step back as BeastBoy sat up. He extended an arm of pleading towards her, then she turned tails and ran, slamming the door shut behind her.
"Raven, wait!" he shouted as he hastily put on some boxers and ran out the door, leaving Cere' in the room alone.
BeastBoy ran out into the hallway, and chased after Raven.
He caught up to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
She fiercely shook it off, then turned around and pushed him away into the wall.
"Don't touch me!"
"Raven, please just listen to me. Let me explain-"
"Explain what? That you've been sleeping with another woman?! That I've just caught you in the act of making love to her! I think that pretty much explains itself-"
"You're not being fair!"
"Fair? Do you think it's fair I caught you in our bed with a mutant lust monster?! New flash BeastBoy! Life isn't fair, so just stay away from me!"
"Raven-"
"Shut up! Don't talk to me, and don't bother looking for me."
They both paused for a moment, chest heaving heavily, until Raven opened a portal beneath her.
"Raven wait!"
He dove for her, just as her head was sinking into the floor. He jumped a little to late and landed hard on his stomach.
He slammed the ground in frustration and anger, loud enough to make Cyborg and Robin walk out of their rooms.
"What's going on here?" Robin asked.
BeastBoy warily sat up against the wall and looked up at Cyborg and Robin.
"I just tripped over my feet. I'm so stupid…"
Cyborg shot a nervous glance at Robin. Obviously, something was wrong.
"Is everything alright man? I thought I heard you and Raven going at it."
"It was just your imagination. All I did was trip over myself, then I started cussing, okay?" he said impatiently.
"Alright man, calm down. Just trying to help."
The duo turned and walked back into their separate rooms.
When their doors closed, BeastBoy covered his face with his hands, deeply regretting the pain he had caused Raven and the stupid mistake he had made.
T R
Raven teleported herself onto a nearby street, and broke out into a run.
She didn't know why or where she was running, and she didn't very much care.
She felt a prickle in her throat, and she tried so hard not to break down. Not here. Not now.
'Why would he do this to me?'
'He didn't want to. I forced him to. He still loves you-"
'Cere', get out of my head, now.'
'But Raven-'
'Leave me the fuck alone, Cere'!'
She felt Cere' pull away from her mind, and she was alone again.
She'd always been alone, she soon realized.
Except for that one person.
She ran through a throng of loitering Azarathians that wolf whistled after her.
She simply ignored them and forced herself to run faster.
Tears started blurring her eyesight, twisting and turning shadows into oil paintings. She refused to let the tears fall, though.
Not for him.
She soon found herself panting in front of a familiar door, and she pounded it with a fist.
The door opened, to reveal a very sleepy looking Tempus. His hair disheveled and his eyes groggy.
"What do you want?" he asked uncaringly, scratching his head.
"Tempus… please. BeastBoy and… Cere'…"
Her voice cracked uncontrollably, Tempus notice.
He opened the door wider.
"Raven, what happened?" he asked this time, deeply concerned, his sweat pants swishing in the night breeze.
Raven kept opening and closing her mouth. She tried to utter words, but she kept getting choked up by her unshed tears.
Her body shook fiercely as she tried to hold back all the hurt and anger.
"Raven," Tempus asked again. "What's wrong?"
She couldn't hold it back anymore.
She flung her arms around Tempus' neck and cried into the crook of his neck.
He gently stroked her back as he slowly backed up into the house, closing the door with his foot.
The only coherent words Tempus could pick up was 'BeastBoy', 'Cere' and 'bed'.
Tempus felt a wave of pity sweep over him as he finally understood what had happened.
He clutched Raven tighter to him as he cooed comforting words to her.
"Shh… it's going to be alright Corvus. Everything will be alright. I won't let anyone hurt you…"
So… 29 pages long. How was that? Drama drama drama. But, who was it that snet that assassin? Dun dun dun!!! More blood shall be shed. In order to obtain something, one must give something of greater or equal value in return. Blood for love… this is gonna be good…