Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. Hommie don't play that copyright jazz.
Hello everyone, I'm back at my keyboard. I have a base for my newest fiction, and want to thank all of you, but there will be time for that later. Some people are wondering where I got my sword from. Some people speculate I got it from Final Fantasy. That's a good guess, as I play Final Fantasy Online, but they're wrong sad to say. To explain it, I'll use the definition I found in one of my mangas: XXXHolic.
Zantetzuken "The Sword That Cuts Iron!" is the legendary sword of equally legendary thief, Goemon Ishikawa. If you're familiar with the name, then you have some experience with the anime Lupin the Third. The Goemon of Lupin is supposed to be a direct descendent of Ishikawa, and is the current owner of the sword. Goemon, after unleashing its tremendous power, utters: "Once again, I cut a worthless object..."
Well, hope that clears things up. I'll be using Zantetzuken in my story, but I do not own it myself. Hope you enjoy what I do with it in this story.
Zantetzuken: Chaptire 2 – A Stone's Throw Away
It had been three days since Beast Boy's vow at Terra's monument, and was busy on the mainframe of Titan's Tower. His friends, understanding his sudden devotion and concern, just let him have at it. However, they had not expected Beast Boy to go without sleep, and keep nourished on tofu and lots of caffeine beverages. He even took to coffee after all the soda had been consumed. It was morning in Jump City, and Robin was the first to rise, seeing his friend at the computer as he walked into the kitchen. Robin was rather surprised though, as he saw Starfire there at the stove, trying her best to make Terran eggs.
"Morning Starfire," he said, grabbing the attention of his friend.
Starfire upon hearing his voice, turned around with a smile.
"Good morning Robin. What will you have today?" she asked him.
"Eggs and some toast would be nice. When did you get up?"
"Around 5am. I couldn't sleep out of concern for our friend," said Starfire, her gaze turning to the living room entrance.
"Yeah, its pretty creepy. Beast Boy has been on the mainframe so long, I've been using a laptop to keep an eye on the city. Makes me think we should do something."
"Robin," said Starfire, her gaze returning to Robin, "If there is something wrong, I'm sure he will tell us. After all, he told us this concerns Terra; what could be bad about that?" Starfire had finished cooking the eggs and handed them and some toast on a plate to Robin.
"Yeah, I guess your right. It's not like Beast Boy to keep his thoughts to himself though." Robin turned to his eggs. "Hey, you're getting pretty good at this Star."
"I guess practice makes perfect then. Now let us eat," she said with a smile.
Beast Boy had been searching the Internet for three straight days, and still had not even scratched the surface of the monster amount of information. He started with searches, and then worked from links from the sites the mainframe pulled up. Some sites had heard of such phenomenon, but no know causes. Other sites blamed such happenings on disbelief in God or other such religious reasons. He had liked to the mainframe of the Justice League station in outer space, but even Terra was beyond its knowledge. Then he thought of something: why not try to think of it as a magical effect? Beast Boy began to search sites on the paranormal and other beliefs beyond the public eye.
Beast Boy sighed in exasperation, as his searching was getting nowhere fast.
"What should I do now? I'm getting rather empty in the 'idea' section of my brain. You think there would be some kind of magic remedy of something."
Then suddenly, Beast Boy slapped himself on the forehead, for he just answered his question. Magic? Duh, Raven was all about the occult. Maybe she could help in some way. 'It's worth a shot at least. I need to do it for Terra's sake,' thought Beast Boy, and he shuffled off towards his dark friend's room.
As he knocked on the door of the sorceress, Beast Boy was worrying himself silly over how Raven might take his plea. He didn't get much time to brood though, as Raven was punctual in answering her door. Raven gave a look signifying she knew her visitor, and then began with the usual interrogation everyone goes through that wants to enter.
"What is it Beast Boy?" she asked, a hint of irritation in her voice. Raven was never quite comfortable around one she thought annoying at times.
"Raven, I could use some advice," said Beast Boy rather bluntly. There was no need to beat around the bush, as he knew of her mind – reading ability.
"I'm trying to come up with something to help Terra. I can't find anything scientifically. So...I thought I'd come up with a magical answer to my problem."
Upon hearing this from his lips, Raven showed a stern look on her face, much like a scolding parent.
"Beast Boy, I may use magic, but I'm not a toolbox! Magic is not supposed to do everything. If you were looking for me to help you using magic, then you've wasted your time." Raven was about to shut the door, but it was impaired upon by Beast Boy's arm.
"Raven," he said, going on the offensive, "I'm not going to just let you have a say and then leave me hanging. You're going to listen to me, or I'm going to stand out here and think until my random thoughts drive you mad."
Raven was quite shocked; even though she knew what he was going to say, she didn't think he'd be so forceful. Raven just stood there, trying to probe him. Oddly enough; though she wouldn't think Beast Boy able to, he was able to keep her from reaching his subconscious, and she could only read surface thoughts.
Raven, after a couple more minutes, reopened the door and motioned Beast Boy into her room. She took a seat at the edge of her bed, leaving Beast Boy to look around. Beast Boy, knowing full well the unpredictability of Raven's artifacts, kept his busy hands to himself.
"Well," spoke up Raven, "say what you want, I'm listening."
"Raven, I just wanted to know if you know of anything that can help Terra. A relic, a food from your dimension, anything at all that you might have. If nothing, I was hoping you could use your crystal or something. Please Raven, I, I never wanted anything more in my life," said Beast Boy, trying his best not to sound like a sniveling child, and more like an adult.
Raven, after letting him get his frustration out, got up off the bed and walked over to her desk. She took her mirror, and looked into it, as if in deep thought. After a while she went to her bookshelf, filled with several arcane books.
"Beast Boy," she said, "when you think of magic, what is the first word that pops into your head? For some, it's power: absolute power." Raven walked over to Beast Boy, and handed him a book. "This is all I can do," she said, "Beast Boy, magic is a great thing in the world, but it can't work miracles. That is left to each one of us on our own." With that, Raven left for the kitchen.
Beast Boy had returned to his room, trying to decipher Raven's tome. From what he could make out from the Ye Olde English parts of the book's writing, it was a history of rituals and the objects lost since the times of their birth. He came to a section of Ancient Oriental Rituals, and found something of interest. Back then; priests were trained in the sword, much like a paladin of a church. These priests were taught how to focus ki into their strikes, allowing them to cut the uncut – able. It was said the skill became so refined, that they were taught to exorcise demons and evil spirits with a single strike. This "One Strike" form of ki magic was later reformed to a martial art.
The more Beast Boy looked at the tome, and the pictures of dried ink thousand of years old, he began to wonder if this would be the answer. It wasn't till Beast Boy came to a picture that he became convinced. The picture showed a set of pictures, like a comic strip or progressive story. In it the man strikes toward another man, and cuts the stone behind the said man, leaving him intact. There was a description at the bottom. It spoke of the man's sword: it was called Zantetzuken. The other part of the description read: "A famous sword which will only cut that which it master desires."
Beast Boy then closed the book; was this text what Raven expected him to find inside the book? Either way, he was certain that if he could find this Zantetzuken, it could cut Terra free of her prison. 'I'm going on purely blind faith," he thought to himself, "but just standing here waiting for something to happen isn't going to help either.' Beast Boy grabbed a small suitcase, and packed some extra clothes, some snacks, a few books; including the tome Raven had given him, a picture of him and the Titans, and a small silver hair comb with a butterfly on top. After he had felt he had the essentials, Beast Boy began downstairs, and ran past his friends out the door. Robin, who was in the main hall at the time, saw as his friend ran past him in almost a blur.
"Beast Boy! Where the heck are you going in such hurry?" he shouted, just barely getting the attention of his friend, who stopped and breathed a heavy sigh.
"Robin," he spoke, "I need to leave the team for a while."
"What? What do you mean you need to leave? In case you forgot, you're a Titan, and you need to be here when the city needs you."
"I've got some vacation time coming up don't I? Just put my time off on that."
"What are we supposed to do without you then?"
"Hey," said Beast Boy defensively, "In case you forgot, we're not the only five teen heroes on this planet! I'm sure you can get Speedy or Aqualad to help out."
"Look Beast Boy," said Robin, taking a deep breath, "as your friend, I know I'm not going to be able to talk you out of this, and won't try to. However, as your leader, I need to know why you're leaving?"
"I'm leaving cause I'm sick of waiting," he said calming down. "I've tried to sit idle for the last few months, but it seems now all we do is crush bad guys. Whatever happened to our promise to Terra? What happened to our promise to set her free? I've never forgotten, and until I set her free, I never will."
Robin, stood there at the maturity of his friend, and was speechless. The master detective, who knew to keep his thoughts to himself and his emotions in check, was now at a loss for what to do. At this, Robin started to chuckle, amazed he could even at times this serious.
"Well," he said, "could you at least keep in contact with the tower? I'd like to know you're not going off to get killed."
Beast Boy smiled slightly, knowing his friend approved. "Yeah, I've got my communicator. I'll send a message every now and then."
"Beast Boy?" said Robin, as Beast Boy was about to leave.
"Yes?"
"Good luck man, Terra's lucky to know someone like you."
It must be your skin that I'm sinking in
It must be for real cause now I can feel
And I didn't mind, it's not my kind
It's not my time to wonder why
Everything gone white, everything's grey
Now you're here, now you're away
I don't want this, remember that
I'll never forget where you're at
Don't let the days go by
Glycerine, Glycerine
I'm never alone, I'm alone all the time
Are you at one or do you lie
We live in a wheel where everyone steals
But when we rise it's like strawberry fields
I treated you bad, you bruise my face
Couldn't love you more, you've got a beautiful taste
Don't let the days go by
Could've been easier on you
I couldn't change though I wanted to
Should have been easier by three
Our old friend fear and you and me
Glycerine, Glycerine
Don't let the days go by
Glycerine
Don't let the days go by
Glycerine, Glycerine
Glycerine, Glycerine
Bad moon white again
Bad moon white again
As she falls around me
I needed you more when we wanted us less
I could not kiss, just regress
It might just be clear simple and plain
Well that's just fine, that's just one of my names
Don't let the days go by
It could've been easier on you, you, you
Glycerine, Glycerine Glycerine, Glycerine
"Glycerine" by Bush
Well, here's another chapter for yall. Sorry it took so long. I kind of pulled the start out of my ass, but I've got a good pace now.
"Thank You!" To The Following:
Pixie10111
Never seen a fariy with a serial number before...guess it was bound to happen. Thanks for the support, and tell the mob outside your house the same.
Shadowcatmage13
Thanks for your support!
Starsakura
Sakura, I have a liking to that name for some reason I can't explain. Some people in my animes named that can have a dangerous personallity. Hope the explanation up top explains the sword. Thanks for the kind words!
Fariyhome2000
Another fariy, wonder what that says about my writting. Anyways, thanks for the return review. And don't worry about the comments, I can take them. In fact, I encourage people to tell me what they don't like. Thankfully, everyone enjoys my stories :D. Thanks again!
Poopy Penguin
I take it Penguin was taken eh? Oh well, thanks for your continued support! I'll be sure to give a review to your story.
Marchwardens Blue Eyed S
Good to hear from you again Ruby! I did put a little Star/Robin fluff in; I just can't say no to a good friend. I'm glad you like the story despite the ship. I'd figure my other good friend ssjEasterBunny, would be all over this story, as he's the big BB/Terra fan of my group. I have to say though, as I wrote this, I saw "Spellbound" and it was a very warm moment at the end with BB and Raven. I was touched, even though I think BB would pick Terra any day.
KPAAF Everyone, Cya Next Time!
