Orihara:
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Chapter IV: Death's Rein
Recap:
Raven panted and looked at him, grudgingly. Beads of sweat poured down her face. Shinigami's hand was starting to materialize out of her stomach with a pearl when someone yelled the words: "RAVEN! WAKE UP!"
Raven opened her eyes to see the 5 other titans looking at her, worriedly. Her head hurt like hell. "What happened?" she timidly asked.
"When we entered the tower, you were screaming and then-" Terra was cut short, she couldn't say anymore.
Flashback
"Raven! We're back!" Terra yelled gleefully clutching the shopping bags of clothes and accessories she bought with Starfire.
A high-pitched scream ceased the laughter. "Raven?!?!" screamed Starfire. The teen superheroes ran through the hall and into the corridor of Raven's room. Cyborg busted down the door and gasped.
Raven was lying down on the floor, bound by chains from head to foot. Hovering over her, was a slim bat-winged hooded creature, stretching out his hand towards her. Robin reacted so fast that he threw discs at the creature.
Starfire threw starbolts at him and Beast Boy turned into a jaguar and attacked with full force. Shinigami disappeared into a black vortex and Star knelt beside Raven, destroying the chains as she was at it.
End of Flashback
Raven clutched her head. She was getting kind of dizzy. "You alright?" Robin's concerned voice rang through. "I'm fine, just a bit... dizzy..." she fell into Starfire's arms. "Goodness! Friend Raven! Are you alright?" Star's frantic voice sounded.
Robin felt her temperature. She was hot... about or even more than 43 degrees. "She has a fever!" Robin rushed Cy. "Cy! Help me!" Cyborg walked up to Robin and helped carry her to her bed.
She was breathing so hard. Her violet hair scattered everywhere. She looked in pain, as beads of sweat poured down her face. "Raven, please tell us what is wrong?!?!?!" sobbed Starfire, "you are on of my closest friends, and I do not want to loose you?!?!"
"I don't think she can hear you, Star." BB said. Maybe he was wrong. "It's... him..." Raven hissed in a hissing whisper, "He... he's awakened... once more...."
"Who? Who's 'he'?" Robin asked puzzled. Terra suggested that Raven just needs rest. The superheroes went out of Raven's room and walked towards the living room.
"Well, who's him? Anybody heard of him, before?" Cy asked the group. Robin shrugged. Starfire and Terra shook her heads. "Maybe Ray just has an ex-boyfriend we don't know about?" BB jokingly asked.
"Sorry, BB. This ain't the time to joke." Cy coldly remarked. BB looked down defeated. "Well, I'm guessing it has something to do with this book." Robin theoried, holding up the library book. "But I do not understand how a myths and legends book from Azerath has found its way down here in this planet." Star inquired.
"Maybe it's warning us of something-" Terra was cut off by a sarcastic, matter-of-fact voice. "At least somebody gets the picture." All of them whirled around to see Raven. But it didn't look like Raven at all. She was wearing yellow and she fixed her round glasses that were askew.
"Raven?" asked Terra, thoroughly bewildered. "Yes and no." said another voice, only this one was softer and a much kinder one. The others turned around once more to see another Raven. She wore a bluish silver cloak and a long bluish silver skirt and shirt.
The yellow Raven wore her yellow cloak and yellow pants and a slightly lighter shade of yellow shirt. "Oooookaaaaaay... now that's just plain freaky...." Remarked Terra. "There are two Ravens?" asked a confused Star.
"I already answered your question," said Raven, who was wearing bluish silver with a slight smile that took all of the other titans surprise, "yes and no. We are just sides of Raven's personality or better yet, her emotions. The name's Wisdom, and that there is Knowledge. Beast Boy and Cyborg should know about our existence by now-"
"Alright! Enough with the chit chat!" snapped Knowledge. Wisdom rolled her eyes and muttered, "Teeeeestttyyyyy..." with a bit of sarcasm in her voice. "Anyway, we came to give you a warning. It's about that book you found."
"You mean this?" Robin asked holding up the book. Knowledge nodded. "The book isn't from Azerath." Wisdom remarked, confusion followed these words. "But how can that book not be from Azerath? It is the only place where it can come from!" objected Star. "Yes and no." Knowledge replied.
"The book originally came from a place concerning all different dimensions of the galaxy," explained Knowledge, "it's an existence created from an infinite power not from this time-space."
The other titans looked really confused now and almost everybody questioned: "Wha?" Knowledge rolled her eyes and looked annoyed and Wisdom gave a short giggle and said, "She meant that that book came from a place far, far away that is the center of the galaxy and that book was created by an infinite power not from this time."
"It originally came from a place called Makai," Wisdom started, and Star asked, "Makai?", "It means the World of Infinity." Knowledge replied dully. "There are different worlds as we know it."
"First is Ningenkai, which is the Human World or Mortal World where humans exists, second is Makai, an infinite place ruled by the Maidens and their enemies or more likely the terrorists are called the Glotarios," Wisdom took a deep breath and Knowledge continued.
"Third is Reikai, it means the Spirit World, where reikons, youkais, kaibotsus and other creatures from the Damned gathers, only this one is ruled by the Prince of the Spirit World, Koenma and his father Enma. Fourth is Heaven, as you know it in Christian knowledge, it is paradise of those who believe in God and there is Hell, the Realm of Evil and Darkness in its purest form."
"There are more worlds like these, but these four, Hell, Heaven, Reikai and Ningenkai circle around the fifth, Makai. The other worlds apart from these are sometimes considered as dimensions instead of worlds." Wisdom finished.
"And what does that has to do anything?" BB asked. Wisdom sighed. "Someone from Hell has targeted Raven because of an infinite power given to her by Makai." Answered Knowledge.
"And that power is the Rune of Darkness." Finished Wisdom. "Reikai and Makai agreed that this power could only be controlled by Raven and only Raven." Knowledge said when the titans opened their mouths to object.
"The Maiden responsible for creating the Rune of Darkness in the first place foresaw all of this, but she cannot alter the future she has seen." Wisdom said, "Therefore, we can't do anything because it's her will be done."
"But that's not fair!" Terra shouted. "Whose the one targeting Raven?" Robin asked. The two emotions looked at each other, then looked at the titans. Wisdom sighed and said: "Death, himself."
Starfire gasped. "Death is another name from Shinigami. He got kind of addicted to the Rune of Darkness after getting defeated by Trigon, the Ruler of Hell who was imprisoned in the Realm of Shadows by his own daughter, Raven."
"Ever since then, the forces of Makai, Reikai, Heaven, Hell, Mizotarh and Azerath joined together this once since Azerath and Mizotarh are at war, to vanquish Shinigami, to finally bring peace in the balance of good and evil."
"So, what are going to do?" Cyborg asked. "All you guys need to do for the time being is watch over Raven. Surely Lord Koenma of Reikai is already sending his spirit detective, Yusuke Urameshii and his friends over to help us. The Maidens of Makai are also at war with the Glotarios for the time being, therefore, I think they're going to send someone along during the near future." Knowledge said.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine." Encouraged Wisdom and she gave them a slight smile. "If you ever need us, we'll be in Nevermore." She winked. "Cy and BB know how to get there so good luck."
"And don't worry about the Spirit Detective and his group. They're old friends of Raven's so you can trust them. And try not to make that fire kooroumee angry." Knowledge warned them.
A/n: Forgot to mention that it won't be a Justice League crossover but a Yu Yu Hakusho instead, they'll appear in the next chapter.
A/n2: Sorry if it's well, a bit different from the old Rune of Darkness, you can tell me which you liked best, the REAL Rune of Darkness or Teen Titans: Encounter with Death Rune of Darkness Revised
A/n3: I'm gonna need some OCs and I'm just wondering if you'd like to be in the story, either coming to help the titans from Makai or some of Shinigami's minions. Thanks. Or else I could use some of my own alter egos as OCs, but I'm already gonna use them to take care of Chaeora or some of them could fight if you wanted.
A/n4: Tell me if you want Raven to die or not. I'm gonna start taking votes. If Raven dies, there's no sequel: Teen Titans: The Devil's Cup. If Raven lives, there's gonna be a sequel, your choice.
Here's what I'm gonna need if you're gonna be in the story:
Name:
Age:
Clothing:
Powers:
Description:
Weapons: optional
Race:
Shinigami or Makai?
Koenma or Chaeora?
Ambition/Mission:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Bio:
Thanks, and please R/R.
