A/n So my seventh chapter, my favourite number (well, I also like the
number 13) but
that doesn't mean it's going to be a good chapter. I published my sixth chapter
yesterday and so far I have zilch reviews for it, but as you know I don't need reviews
to keep going! I changed the genre for my story yesterday seeing as it isn't as funny
as I wanted it to be; in the last chapter there was nothing to laugh about. The reason
for the seriousness of the last chapter? Blame my music. I was listening to Lies by
Evanescence so it got me into a serious mood. He he ^-^'
Disclaimer: You know this; I don't own Teen titans or Yu-gi-oh for that matter
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Raven was in a bad mood. When she got downstairs she slammed about as she made
her herbal tea. Starfire flew up to her . "Raven! You might want to calm down. I offer breakfast to you and wonder if you
would like to journey to the mall of shopping after you have devoured the sweet
tasting flat cakes we enjoy so much."
"Starfire, I don't want breakfast, I don't want to go shopping, and I just ask that you
leave me alone" Raven said in her hoarse flat voice.
"But Raven we could go into that scary shop named Sample you like so much"
Starfire smiled.
"NO!!!" screamed Raven and the pancakes melted a little then blew up.
She walked quickly past Starfire and up to her room.
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An hour later everyone was doing their own thing. Cyborg and Beast boy were
playing on their game, Robin was training and Starfire was watching Cyborg and
Beast boy trash talk each other into submission. Raven was meditating. They had no
idea what their friends were doing, but Starfire decided to go and check anyway. She made her way to the guest room and knocked on the door before going in. Tristan,
Téa, Joey and Yugi were playing with some cards, Mokuba was nagging Seto to death
about sugar, and Marik and Ishizu were talking quietly.
"Friends, would any of you like to journey to the mall of shopping?"
Téa agreed to go with Starfire. In the mall they saw an advertisement about a concert
taking place at seven tonight. They wanted to go, but as they got closer to the poster
they saw it was a concert were only Evanescence were playing.
"Aww, it's only Evanescence, I don't like them, and they're so dark and dull.
Typical" Téa complained.
"Evanescence, what is this?" Starfire asked, confused.
So Téa led her to the music shop and put a CD into a stereo with headphones. She
slipped them over Starfire's head and watched her face as Tourniquet came on.
When the song was over Starfire removed her headphones and said,
"Téa, why does the girl who is singing want to die if she is just standing singing?"
"Erm...It's a song Star, I don't think it's supposed to make any sense" Téa explained.
"Oh. It is a very sad song then."
"Exactly."
When Téa and Starfire got back to the tower, Starfire flew to Raven's room,
accompanied by Téa. She knocked on the door and waited for a reply.
"What do you want Star?"
"When my friend Téa and I journeyed through the mall of shopping we saw a poster
saying there was concert tonight with very depressing erm....'goth' as Téa said,
music. I listened to it and I thought you might like to go"
Raven thought. "Who's playing?"
"I believe it is called... Evanescence" Starfire told her.
"Ok, are you going?"
"No, we do not enjoy it."
"I'll think about it. What time does it start?" asked Raven.
"Seven o'clock"
"Ok."
Raven closed her door and at 4:00pm she went shopping for something to wear.
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"Hey Star, did anyone want to go shopping with you?" asked Robin
"Yes, I went with Téa." Starfire smiled. She was wearing a purple cut-off top and blue
jeans.
"Did you enjoy it?" Robin liked hearing about her shopping trips because she
explained it in a funny way.
"Oh yes!" Starfire started explaining what she did.
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At 6:50pm Raven left the tower. She got to the concert at 7pm exactly. She was
wearing a black cut-off top with baggy black trousers. Her trousers were adorned with
silver chains and she wore a black leather collar, wrist cuff and belt with rows of
silver spikes on them. She also wore black leather boots with spikes on them. She
walked through the crowd with ease because lots of people stepped aside to stare.
They all knew her. She walked up to the platform and leaned on it. She looked around
at the crowd who had stopped staring and started chatting again. She spotted a
familiar looking blonde in the corner who was talking to no-one. He just stood there
with his arms folded... It couldn't be him. She shook the thoughts from her head and
was about to forget about him when she saw the strange streaks beneath his eyes.
There was no mistaking those. It was Marik! What was he doing here? But Raven had no more time to ponder this as Amy Lee walked out onto the platform with the rest of the group. She waited for the gothic guys and girls to stop cheering and when
they did, she started singing Even in death. Raven liked this song but not as much as
the others. She glanced at the solitary blonde in the corner. And he turned his head to
look at her! Raven looked away and pretended she didn't know he was there. She
tried to forget about him but she couldn't. The song ended and after the cheers Amy
started up with Missing. Raven sang along with it like the rest of the black-clad
group. She could always sing well but she never prided herself on it. Marik couldn't
hear her-she hoped. Her voice was probably drowned out, she wasn't singing loud.
The song ended and Lies started. This was Raven's favourite song. She sang along
with the words, and as she looked at Marik he was singing too. It was such a powerful
song, and she loved the lyrics. It sounded better live than on the CD though. She
tapped her foot to the beat and the song ended. Then Amy started Bring me to life
(remix). This was Raven's second favourite because it described her so well. So the
hours of music passed, each and every note of Amy's powerful voice was echoed by
the dark people. She looked round the crowds of goths and thought, 'This is were I
belong'
The last song; Silver rain fell ended and after the cheering and the autographs, the
goths dispersed. Raven sighted Marik leaving and decided not to catch up.
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When Raven got back, Starfire ran up to her and hugged her.
"Raven, did you enjoy your concert of dark depressing music?"
"Yes, Starfire I did now can you let go of me?" Raven whispered while she was being
crushed.
Starfire let go of Raven.
"Raven you look...different in that outfit!" Starfire smiled.
"Thank you now can I go to my room?"
"Oh...of course Raven, but before you go can I ask you something?"
"If you must" Raven rolled her eyes.
"Did you go by yourself?"
"Uhhh, yeah. Why?"
Starfire gasped. "You went to your dark depressing music festival alone! I have been
a bad friend! I should have accompanied you! You are my friend, how could I?"
'Starfire's been spending too much time with Téa...' Raven thought as she went to
her room. Before she got there she bumped into Robin.
"Where were you? You didn't come when the signal went off" Robin looked angry.
"Oh... I'm sorry I was at a concert and I wasn't wearing my cloak so...."
"Why didn't you take your brooch with you? That lights up!"
"I'm sorry, I must have forgotten"
"Leave her alone. She was having a good time. Is that a crime?"
Robin turned round to see Marik. Raven blushed. He was wearing a black cut- off top
like hers, and beige baggy trousers with chains.
"I don't mean to be rude, you're only a guest but at the signal we ALL have to turn up
and we ALL have to have our communicators at all times"
"I told her not to take it, I said she wouldn't need it" lied Marik. He tilted his head
slightly towards her door and looked meaningfully at it. Raven quietly slipped into
her room and got changed into her normal uniform. Robin turned around to find no-
one there.
"Raven?" he said.
Then he turned back to say something to Marik-and he wasn't there either! Robin
stormed away.
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At 10:00pm when everyone was asleep, Raven slipped out of her bed. She didn't
bother getting changed; she just left her black pyjamas on. She opened her pneumatic
door and slipped out into the hall. She made her way to the guest room; she needed to
speak to Marik. She knocked on the door; if he was awake he would answer it. And
he did.
"Raven?" he whispered. She raised a finger to her lips and shushed him. She pulled
him downstairs onto the rocky island that Titans Tower stood on.
"Raven, what's up?" he asked.
She sat on the rocks and he sat next to her.
"I just wanted to say thank you for backing me up, you know, about the concert."
"Oh no problem, don't worry."
"I saw you there" Raven told him.
"I saw you too. I didn't want to go up to you just in case it wasn't you."
"I wasn't sure either until I saw those streaks beneath your eyes. Then I was pretty
sure. What's up with those? Is it make-up?" asked Raven. She dipped the tip of her
finger in the water and stroked her finger across the markings. They didn't fade.
Marik shrugged and he put his finger in the water and flicked it at Raven.
"Leave my face alone, you" he laughed.
Raven smiled and laughed as well.
"I haven't laughed in a while" smiled Raven.
"Same here." Marik said.
"Did you enjoy the concert?" asked Raven . "Yeah, it was wicked. I really like Evanescence."
"Yeah, my favourite song of all time has to be Lies."
"Mine too, and I like Bring me to life second best."
"Wow, me too!" Raven smiled.
"I saw you singing."
"Well, yeah, I don't sing much but it's a good song at least. Anyway, you were
singing too" Raven blushed
"Was I? Must have got too carried away" Now Raven wasn't the only one blushing . Raven stood up. "Well, I'm going back to bed. Sorry for getting you up."
"Don't worry. Goodnight."
Marik stayed a while, watching the water. Then he went back too.
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Aww! I loved writing this. Reviews aren't necessary.
Sayonara!
that doesn't mean it's going to be a good chapter. I published my sixth chapter
yesterday and so far I have zilch reviews for it, but as you know I don't need reviews
to keep going! I changed the genre for my story yesterday seeing as it isn't as funny
as I wanted it to be; in the last chapter there was nothing to laugh about. The reason
for the seriousness of the last chapter? Blame my music. I was listening to Lies by
Evanescence so it got me into a serious mood. He he ^-^'
Disclaimer: You know this; I don't own Teen titans or Yu-gi-oh for that matter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Raven was in a bad mood. When she got downstairs she slammed about as she made
her herbal tea. Starfire flew up to her . "Raven! You might want to calm down. I offer breakfast to you and wonder if you
would like to journey to the mall of shopping after you have devoured the sweet
tasting flat cakes we enjoy so much."
"Starfire, I don't want breakfast, I don't want to go shopping, and I just ask that you
leave me alone" Raven said in her hoarse flat voice.
"But Raven we could go into that scary shop named Sample you like so much"
Starfire smiled.
"NO!!!" screamed Raven and the pancakes melted a little then blew up.
She walked quickly past Starfire and up to her room.
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An hour later everyone was doing their own thing. Cyborg and Beast boy were
playing on their game, Robin was training and Starfire was watching Cyborg and
Beast boy trash talk each other into submission. Raven was meditating. They had no
idea what their friends were doing, but Starfire decided to go and check anyway. She made her way to the guest room and knocked on the door before going in. Tristan,
Téa, Joey and Yugi were playing with some cards, Mokuba was nagging Seto to death
about sugar, and Marik and Ishizu were talking quietly.
"Friends, would any of you like to journey to the mall of shopping?"
Téa agreed to go with Starfire. In the mall they saw an advertisement about a concert
taking place at seven tonight. They wanted to go, but as they got closer to the poster
they saw it was a concert were only Evanescence were playing.
"Aww, it's only Evanescence, I don't like them, and they're so dark and dull.
Typical" Téa complained.
"Evanescence, what is this?" Starfire asked, confused.
So Téa led her to the music shop and put a CD into a stereo with headphones. She
slipped them over Starfire's head and watched her face as Tourniquet came on.
When the song was over Starfire removed her headphones and said,
"Téa, why does the girl who is singing want to die if she is just standing singing?"
"Erm...It's a song Star, I don't think it's supposed to make any sense" Téa explained.
"Oh. It is a very sad song then."
"Exactly."
When Téa and Starfire got back to the tower, Starfire flew to Raven's room,
accompanied by Téa. She knocked on the door and waited for a reply.
"What do you want Star?"
"When my friend Téa and I journeyed through the mall of shopping we saw a poster
saying there was concert tonight with very depressing erm....'goth' as Téa said,
music. I listened to it and I thought you might like to go"
Raven thought. "Who's playing?"
"I believe it is called... Evanescence" Starfire told her.
"Ok, are you going?"
"No, we do not enjoy it."
"I'll think about it. What time does it start?" asked Raven.
"Seven o'clock"
"Ok."
Raven closed her door and at 4:00pm she went shopping for something to wear.
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"Hey Star, did anyone want to go shopping with you?" asked Robin
"Yes, I went with Téa." Starfire smiled. She was wearing a purple cut-off top and blue
jeans.
"Did you enjoy it?" Robin liked hearing about her shopping trips because she
explained it in a funny way.
"Oh yes!" Starfire started explaining what she did.
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At 6:50pm Raven left the tower. She got to the concert at 7pm exactly. She was
wearing a black cut-off top with baggy black trousers. Her trousers were adorned with
silver chains and she wore a black leather collar, wrist cuff and belt with rows of
silver spikes on them. She also wore black leather boots with spikes on them. She
walked through the crowd with ease because lots of people stepped aside to stare.
They all knew her. She walked up to the platform and leaned on it. She looked around
at the crowd who had stopped staring and started chatting again. She spotted a
familiar looking blonde in the corner who was talking to no-one. He just stood there
with his arms folded... It couldn't be him. She shook the thoughts from her head and
was about to forget about him when she saw the strange streaks beneath his eyes.
There was no mistaking those. It was Marik! What was he doing here? But Raven had no more time to ponder this as Amy Lee walked out onto the platform with the rest of the group. She waited for the gothic guys and girls to stop cheering and when
they did, she started singing Even in death. Raven liked this song but not as much as
the others. She glanced at the solitary blonde in the corner. And he turned his head to
look at her! Raven looked away and pretended she didn't know he was there. She
tried to forget about him but she couldn't. The song ended and after the cheers Amy
started up with Missing. Raven sang along with it like the rest of the black-clad
group. She could always sing well but she never prided herself on it. Marik couldn't
hear her-she hoped. Her voice was probably drowned out, she wasn't singing loud.
The song ended and Lies started. This was Raven's favourite song. She sang along
with the words, and as she looked at Marik he was singing too. It was such a powerful
song, and she loved the lyrics. It sounded better live than on the CD though. She
tapped her foot to the beat and the song ended. Then Amy started Bring me to life
(remix). This was Raven's second favourite because it described her so well. So the
hours of music passed, each and every note of Amy's powerful voice was echoed by
the dark people. She looked round the crowds of goths and thought, 'This is were I
belong'
The last song; Silver rain fell ended and after the cheering and the autographs, the
goths dispersed. Raven sighted Marik leaving and decided not to catch up.
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When Raven got back, Starfire ran up to her and hugged her.
"Raven, did you enjoy your concert of dark depressing music?"
"Yes, Starfire I did now can you let go of me?" Raven whispered while she was being
crushed.
Starfire let go of Raven.
"Raven you look...different in that outfit!" Starfire smiled.
"Thank you now can I go to my room?"
"Oh...of course Raven, but before you go can I ask you something?"
"If you must" Raven rolled her eyes.
"Did you go by yourself?"
"Uhhh, yeah. Why?"
Starfire gasped. "You went to your dark depressing music festival alone! I have been
a bad friend! I should have accompanied you! You are my friend, how could I?"
'Starfire's been spending too much time with Téa...' Raven thought as she went to
her room. Before she got there she bumped into Robin.
"Where were you? You didn't come when the signal went off" Robin looked angry.
"Oh... I'm sorry I was at a concert and I wasn't wearing my cloak so...."
"Why didn't you take your brooch with you? That lights up!"
"I'm sorry, I must have forgotten"
"Leave her alone. She was having a good time. Is that a crime?"
Robin turned round to see Marik. Raven blushed. He was wearing a black cut- off top
like hers, and beige baggy trousers with chains.
"I don't mean to be rude, you're only a guest but at the signal we ALL have to turn up
and we ALL have to have our communicators at all times"
"I told her not to take it, I said she wouldn't need it" lied Marik. He tilted his head
slightly towards her door and looked meaningfully at it. Raven quietly slipped into
her room and got changed into her normal uniform. Robin turned around to find no-
one there.
"Raven?" he said.
Then he turned back to say something to Marik-and he wasn't there either! Robin
stormed away.
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At 10:00pm when everyone was asleep, Raven slipped out of her bed. She didn't
bother getting changed; she just left her black pyjamas on. She opened her pneumatic
door and slipped out into the hall. She made her way to the guest room; she needed to
speak to Marik. She knocked on the door; if he was awake he would answer it. And
he did.
"Raven?" he whispered. She raised a finger to her lips and shushed him. She pulled
him downstairs onto the rocky island that Titans Tower stood on.
"Raven, what's up?" he asked.
She sat on the rocks and he sat next to her.
"I just wanted to say thank you for backing me up, you know, about the concert."
"Oh no problem, don't worry."
"I saw you there" Raven told him.
"I saw you too. I didn't want to go up to you just in case it wasn't you."
"I wasn't sure either until I saw those streaks beneath your eyes. Then I was pretty
sure. What's up with those? Is it make-up?" asked Raven. She dipped the tip of her
finger in the water and stroked her finger across the markings. They didn't fade.
Marik shrugged and he put his finger in the water and flicked it at Raven.
"Leave my face alone, you" he laughed.
Raven smiled and laughed as well.
"I haven't laughed in a while" smiled Raven.
"Same here." Marik said.
"Did you enjoy the concert?" asked Raven . "Yeah, it was wicked. I really like Evanescence."
"Yeah, my favourite song of all time has to be Lies."
"Mine too, and I like Bring me to life second best."
"Wow, me too!" Raven smiled.
"I saw you singing."
"Well, yeah, I don't sing much but it's a good song at least. Anyway, you were
singing too" Raven blushed
"Was I? Must have got too carried away" Now Raven wasn't the only one blushing . Raven stood up. "Well, I'm going back to bed. Sorry for getting you up."
"Don't worry. Goodnight."
Marik stayed a while, watching the water. Then he went back too.
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Aww! I loved writing this. Reviews aren't necessary.
Sayonara!