Chpt 9- Return to Peacefulness.
Rain and Robin finally arrived back to the tower, with no interference from Lightning. As soon as the doors opened, Raven rushed out and hugged Rain tightly, crying fiercely. He slowly wraped his arms around her and held her close.
"Im sorry, I didnt mean to call you a bitch, Im so sorry. I thought you kissed Lightning, and it broke my heart." Rain pleaded with Raven. He knelt down on one knee infront of her, as if he were proposing. His white hair suddenly changed back to its original black. She sniffled a bit, and smiled.
"It's ok, come on, we've got to dress those wounds." Raven said, caressing his cheek. She walked him up to the medical room of the tower, followed closely by the rest of the titans. She had him lay down on the medical bed.
"Um...... Star,....Terra, could you leave the room..... please?" Raven asked. The girls were puzzled, but they followed along and left the room. Raven then proceeded to help Rain take off his shirt. The guys immediatly understood why she asked them to leave, and stifled their laughter for as long as they could. She turned her head to look at them, and that caused each of them to erupt with laughter. Raven blushed, and looked back at Rain, whom was completely clueless and showed it throught his facial expression. She smiled and playfully poked his nose, then proceeded to walk out. Beast Boy blocked off the door, as Robin prepared a needle for Rain. Rain was still clueless and had no idea what was about to happen. Cy, grabbed his arms and held him down to the bed. Robin started to walk toward Rain, holding up the needle, when Rain finally saw this, his eyes widened.
"OH HELL NO!!!" Rain tryed to squirm away.
"Its just to numb your body." Robin said calmly. "Cy, any broken bones or anything?"
"Yeah, his ribcage is shattered, although you wouldn't be able to tell the way he's thrashing about." Cy struggled to hold Rain down, before just taking his hand and whacking Rain upside his head once, just hard enough to knock him unconcious.
"Don't tell Raven I just did that." Cy said to Robin and Beast Boy. Robin gave Rain the shot, and proceeded to work on his wounds. Outside, Raven, Terra, and Starfire all sat on the couch in the living room, gossiping as usual.
"I dont know, I think Cy could beat them all." Terra said, blushing.
"No way! My Rain could short Cy out in seconds!" Raven exclaimed.
"Speaking of Rain, what happened last night between you and him?" Star interrupted. She leaned alittle closer to Raven, and Terra followed her lead.
"Yeah, what were you doing?" Terra interrogated. Raven blushed heavily, and was completely embarrased and not sure what to tell them.
"Well....... uh....... we........." Raven stuttered as Terra and Stars faces grew closer and closer to her own. Suddenly they stopped and looked at each other.
"Raven! You slut!" They said in unison. "You fucked him already?!" Raven's face was completely red, she covered her face to hide them embarassement.
"Well....... Star, you were always telling me about how good Beast Boy was....... I..... I was curious........" Raven was still red.
"Raven, I was joking......." Star replied. That really embarassed Raven. Raven just slowly stood up and walked towards her room. As she walked by the medical room, Rain himself emerged. She looked at him sincerely, then back at Star and Terra, whom were still laughing. She then blushed once more, and walked off quickly to her room. Rain looked at Star and Terra, as Raven had, then back at the door of Ravens room. He wasn't sure whom to go to first, so he decided, neither.
Rain walked downstairs and outside to Robin's usual training course. It was finally afternoon, after all the nighttime shenanigans of Lightning, he was relieved that the sky was clear, with not a single cloud in the sky, not sure of this to be a good omen, or and ominous prophecy. He looked around for awhile until he locateded the counsel for it. He wasn't sure how to operate it, so he gave it a small charge of electricity, just enought to start up the entire course and turn on the lights. He jumped to the starting position and waited for some sort of starting signal. He waited, listening patiently to the wind, hoping that the signal would start itself soon. He suddenly got a weird, dangerful feeling, he could tell something was about to happen but he had no idea what. His instincts suddenly told him to jump. He didnt know what was happening, but he jumped up. The ground underneath Rain collapesed in on itself. A small, human shaped being came out of the hole. It jumped up and attacked Rain, throwing a right punch. Rain parried the hit, and tryed to fight back, only for his punch to be completely deflected. The animated machine swung a right kick at Rains head, Rain caught its foot and tossed it to the ground below. Rain made himself land on the ground, and he slowly walked over and examined the machine that attacked him.
"I assume, Robin trains against you everyday........" He whispered as he examined the cybernetic machine. He opened the chest panel, hoping it would lead him to how Robin created this peace of work. Once the chest panel was fully opened, a mechanical claw shot from the chest, almost hitting Rain in his chest. The claw searched around, trying to grapple something. Rain flipped slightly out of range.
"What the hell?!?!" Rain watched the claw as a cat would eye a mouse just before pouncing on it. The claw retracted back into the chest. Rain waited silently for a few seconds before he decided it was safe to try to examine the cyborg once more. Rain listened to the wind once more, having thought he heard his name being called. He searched the area, but no bodies were present aside from hisown and the cyborg. He focused his attention on the cyborg once more. He crawled on hands and feet slowly back to the cyborg, and tugged on its dredlock wires. He stood up and walked back over to the console he had slightly fried earlier. He searched it over for a power button, looking up every button or two to make sure there was not other reaction from the robot. Cyborg walked from the tower and out behind Rain. He stood looking over Rains shoulder for about a minute.
"You might wanna hurry before Robin finds out you been messin with his training course." Cy said playfully.
Rain looked back at Cy and gave a sly, playful grin, "Kiss my ass."
Cy wrapped his arm around Rains neck, headlocking him. "Nah Nah man, you gotta be tougher with that! Its not just 'kiss my ass'.... we're black dude, we always say 'Kiss my milk chocolate black ass." (dont ask my cousin told me to write this part).
Rain shook his head in disapproval, and slipped out of the metalic wonder's headlock. "Just tell me how the hell I cut this thing off.... please..."
"I'll do it, you go on inside, Raven's looking for you." Cy said. Rain nodded and walked back into the tower. Once inside he noticed Starfire and Terra walking out of Ravens room. They looked at him and smiled before walking the other way. He walked to Ravens room and slowly peeked his head in, covering his eyes incase Raven wasnt dressed.
"Uh, Cy told me you wanted to see me?" He didnt know that Raven was right infront of him, and that they were almost close enough to kiss again. She gently pressed her lips against his cheek, then said to come in. Rain uncovered his eyes and walked to the center of the room.
"Are you........ joining us?" Raven asked, playing with her fingers nervously.
"Joining? Who?"
"Us. The Titans. Are you going to join us,......... so that we can be together?" Ravens voice was heavy of hopefulness. Rain hadn't even considered joining the Titans. But he did want to be with Raven.
"I......... I dont know......" Rain's voice showed disappointment. "I cant even guarantee I'll ever defeat Lightning......" He walked slowly closer to her, and hugged her, "But even if I never defeat Lightning, Ill make my way back to you, that is....... if I dont join........ or you dont come with me. That, Raven, is a promise on the word of a god. A promise that can only be broken by death. And I will never die outside of your arms." He knew what he had to say was tragic, but he tryed to give her more hope then she had. He loved her with every fiber of his being, and he wanted to be with her forever, but both knew it to be impossible. He gently brushed his lips over Ravens cheek. She gave a half-hearted smile and kissed him on the cheek.
"I........ I need time to think about that.........." She said sorrowfully. He hugged her slightly tighter, smiling half-heartedly like she had before.
"Take all the time you need...... There is no rush....." He said this, but in his mind, he wasnt sure how much time he had left, It all depended on when Lightning decided to make his next move. He looked out the window, making sure the sky was still clear.
"I think I wanna take a walk." Raven said. She released him and walked to her closet and grabbed a light sweater.
"Want me to come with?" Rain asked. She walked back to Rain, running her fingers through his hair, shaking her head before gently kissing him. She held his hand and walked to the door, she turned and kissed him once more, then walked outside, looking at him as she walked. In the back of Rains mind, he knew it was a bad idea to let her go alone, but he trusted Raven, and didn't want to hurt her feelings and think he didn't trust her.
Rain and Robin finally arrived back to the tower, with no interference from Lightning. As soon as the doors opened, Raven rushed out and hugged Rain tightly, crying fiercely. He slowly wraped his arms around her and held her close.
"Im sorry, I didnt mean to call you a bitch, Im so sorry. I thought you kissed Lightning, and it broke my heart." Rain pleaded with Raven. He knelt down on one knee infront of her, as if he were proposing. His white hair suddenly changed back to its original black. She sniffled a bit, and smiled.
"It's ok, come on, we've got to dress those wounds." Raven said, caressing his cheek. She walked him up to the medical room of the tower, followed closely by the rest of the titans. She had him lay down on the medical bed.
"Um...... Star,....Terra, could you leave the room..... please?" Raven asked. The girls were puzzled, but they followed along and left the room. Raven then proceeded to help Rain take off his shirt. The guys immediatly understood why she asked them to leave, and stifled their laughter for as long as they could. She turned her head to look at them, and that caused each of them to erupt with laughter. Raven blushed, and looked back at Rain, whom was completely clueless and showed it throught his facial expression. She smiled and playfully poked his nose, then proceeded to walk out. Beast Boy blocked off the door, as Robin prepared a needle for Rain. Rain was still clueless and had no idea what was about to happen. Cy, grabbed his arms and held him down to the bed. Robin started to walk toward Rain, holding up the needle, when Rain finally saw this, his eyes widened.
"OH HELL NO!!!" Rain tryed to squirm away.
"Its just to numb your body." Robin said calmly. "Cy, any broken bones or anything?"
"Yeah, his ribcage is shattered, although you wouldn't be able to tell the way he's thrashing about." Cy struggled to hold Rain down, before just taking his hand and whacking Rain upside his head once, just hard enough to knock him unconcious.
"Don't tell Raven I just did that." Cy said to Robin and Beast Boy. Robin gave Rain the shot, and proceeded to work on his wounds. Outside, Raven, Terra, and Starfire all sat on the couch in the living room, gossiping as usual.
"I dont know, I think Cy could beat them all." Terra said, blushing.
"No way! My Rain could short Cy out in seconds!" Raven exclaimed.
"Speaking of Rain, what happened last night between you and him?" Star interrupted. She leaned alittle closer to Raven, and Terra followed her lead.
"Yeah, what were you doing?" Terra interrogated. Raven blushed heavily, and was completely embarrased and not sure what to tell them.
"Well....... uh....... we........." Raven stuttered as Terra and Stars faces grew closer and closer to her own. Suddenly they stopped and looked at each other.
"Raven! You slut!" They said in unison. "You fucked him already?!" Raven's face was completely red, she covered her face to hide them embarassement.
"Well....... Star, you were always telling me about how good Beast Boy was....... I..... I was curious........" Raven was still red.
"Raven, I was joking......." Star replied. That really embarassed Raven. Raven just slowly stood up and walked towards her room. As she walked by the medical room, Rain himself emerged. She looked at him sincerely, then back at Star and Terra, whom were still laughing. She then blushed once more, and walked off quickly to her room. Rain looked at Star and Terra, as Raven had, then back at the door of Ravens room. He wasn't sure whom to go to first, so he decided, neither.
Rain walked downstairs and outside to Robin's usual training course. It was finally afternoon, after all the nighttime shenanigans of Lightning, he was relieved that the sky was clear, with not a single cloud in the sky, not sure of this to be a good omen, or and ominous prophecy. He looked around for awhile until he locateded the counsel for it. He wasn't sure how to operate it, so he gave it a small charge of electricity, just enought to start up the entire course and turn on the lights. He jumped to the starting position and waited for some sort of starting signal. He waited, listening patiently to the wind, hoping that the signal would start itself soon. He suddenly got a weird, dangerful feeling, he could tell something was about to happen but he had no idea what. His instincts suddenly told him to jump. He didnt know what was happening, but he jumped up. The ground underneath Rain collapesed in on itself. A small, human shaped being came out of the hole. It jumped up and attacked Rain, throwing a right punch. Rain parried the hit, and tryed to fight back, only for his punch to be completely deflected. The animated machine swung a right kick at Rains head, Rain caught its foot and tossed it to the ground below. Rain made himself land on the ground, and he slowly walked over and examined the machine that attacked him.
"I assume, Robin trains against you everyday........" He whispered as he examined the cybernetic machine. He opened the chest panel, hoping it would lead him to how Robin created this peace of work. Once the chest panel was fully opened, a mechanical claw shot from the chest, almost hitting Rain in his chest. The claw searched around, trying to grapple something. Rain flipped slightly out of range.
"What the hell?!?!" Rain watched the claw as a cat would eye a mouse just before pouncing on it. The claw retracted back into the chest. Rain waited silently for a few seconds before he decided it was safe to try to examine the cyborg once more. Rain listened to the wind once more, having thought he heard his name being called. He searched the area, but no bodies were present aside from hisown and the cyborg. He focused his attention on the cyborg once more. He crawled on hands and feet slowly back to the cyborg, and tugged on its dredlock wires. He stood up and walked back over to the console he had slightly fried earlier. He searched it over for a power button, looking up every button or two to make sure there was not other reaction from the robot. Cyborg walked from the tower and out behind Rain. He stood looking over Rains shoulder for about a minute.
"You might wanna hurry before Robin finds out you been messin with his training course." Cy said playfully.
Rain looked back at Cy and gave a sly, playful grin, "Kiss my ass."
Cy wrapped his arm around Rains neck, headlocking him. "Nah Nah man, you gotta be tougher with that! Its not just 'kiss my ass'.... we're black dude, we always say 'Kiss my milk chocolate black ass." (dont ask my cousin told me to write this part).
Rain shook his head in disapproval, and slipped out of the metalic wonder's headlock. "Just tell me how the hell I cut this thing off.... please..."
"I'll do it, you go on inside, Raven's looking for you." Cy said. Rain nodded and walked back into the tower. Once inside he noticed Starfire and Terra walking out of Ravens room. They looked at him and smiled before walking the other way. He walked to Ravens room and slowly peeked his head in, covering his eyes incase Raven wasnt dressed.
"Uh, Cy told me you wanted to see me?" He didnt know that Raven was right infront of him, and that they were almost close enough to kiss again. She gently pressed her lips against his cheek, then said to come in. Rain uncovered his eyes and walked to the center of the room.
"Are you........ joining us?" Raven asked, playing with her fingers nervously.
"Joining? Who?"
"Us. The Titans. Are you going to join us,......... so that we can be together?" Ravens voice was heavy of hopefulness. Rain hadn't even considered joining the Titans. But he did want to be with Raven.
"I......... I dont know......" Rain's voice showed disappointment. "I cant even guarantee I'll ever defeat Lightning......" He walked slowly closer to her, and hugged her, "But even if I never defeat Lightning, Ill make my way back to you, that is....... if I dont join........ or you dont come with me. That, Raven, is a promise on the word of a god. A promise that can only be broken by death. And I will never die outside of your arms." He knew what he had to say was tragic, but he tryed to give her more hope then she had. He loved her with every fiber of his being, and he wanted to be with her forever, but both knew it to be impossible. He gently brushed his lips over Ravens cheek. She gave a half-hearted smile and kissed him on the cheek.
"I........ I need time to think about that.........." She said sorrowfully. He hugged her slightly tighter, smiling half-heartedly like she had before.
"Take all the time you need...... There is no rush....." He said this, but in his mind, he wasnt sure how much time he had left, It all depended on when Lightning decided to make his next move. He looked out the window, making sure the sky was still clear.
"I think I wanna take a walk." Raven said. She released him and walked to her closet and grabbed a light sweater.
"Want me to come with?" Rain asked. She walked back to Rain, running her fingers through his hair, shaking her head before gently kissing him. She held his hand and walked to the door, she turned and kissed him once more, then walked outside, looking at him as she walked. In the back of Rains mind, he knew it was a bad idea to let her go alone, but he trusted Raven, and didn't want to hurt her feelings and think he didn't trust her.