…..He is made of tofu?... (shivers) Note to readers, missing out on "The Employee of the Month" episode is better off left that way….

To:

SpyFanLee: No, Lilith just wants to go to war with Raven against WGirl and AGirl.

Night Raven of Cincinatie: What do you mean, what I mean, 'a very large aura emitted from them?' Please point out where I put that, because I'm clueless like that. I probably mean them (whom I do not know) emitted (meaning sort of "sending forth) a large aura (energy). So I think I mean, "Lots of able to see energy was sent forth from 'them.' If you watched YuYuHakusho or any anime, you might get what I mean.

Nevermore the raven: Why, thank you. Yeah, I just thought what a great battle scene being chained to Space Mountain, Disney Land would make. My brother thought I was crazy.

RabidPumpkinMonkeyGoddess: at tingly feeling ….as do we all. Tingly Feeling…(lol). That's a way to describe it, I love that tingly feeling. Like MSG, only less painful. BTW, if you could come up with ideas like that, I don't know who you hang around with, but they are undoubtedly mistaken. I mean, not everybody thinks up things like that….

MuggleBuddy: Pennsylvania, huh? Amazing how many people from diff. places dwell in this little fanfiction community.

Duel: Terra vs. Aquagirl

Arena: Rocky Shores

Alternate Title: Sink or Swim?

Chapter 7 Terra vs. Aquagirl

"Are you ready?"

"The day I was born."

There stood two teens. One was a short, skinny girl with long blonde hair and goggles. The other was a brunette with a shimmering suit that looked just like the costume of a hero named Aqualad. They both stood on the shore of a rocky beach with jagged stone towering over crashing waves of sea. It was the most reasonable arena, combining the elements of both the girls. Earth and Water.

Terra smiled and looked at her fists already covered with a yellow aura. "So let's get it on!"

With a battle roar she hurled at the Atlantean balanced on a stone with several other stones following her.

Just then, Tula lifted her finger right up to the approaching titan's face causing her to stop.

"Just hold on now! I'm not ready!"

Terra was dumbfounded but the yellow aura around her palms faded. "Okay, I guess, didn't you say you were ready?"

"Hey! Just hold on there land-lover! I just need to finish something off before the fight…" she answered.

With that and lightning speed, she brought out a little blue towel and set it on the sand. She placed seven delicate sea shells in a circular pattern on the towel and set a miniscule candle on each of them. After lighting all of these, she finished her master piece with a pearl picture frame of Aqualad and a tiny Asian-looking bowl carved with elegant sea serpents and filled it with a little package seaweed for offering.

She sat cross legged and began to slide her fingers across little chimes that made a shimmering sound while chanting, eyes transfixed on the Aqualad photo.

Terra just stood there looking down at the cute little obsessed little mermaid.

"What-Is-That…..?"

Aquagirl looked up with a warm, sunny smile. "It's my Aqualad shrine. I have to worship my man before I do any fighting," she stated as if everyone does it.

She continued to mumble an incantation to her "man," but once the chanting stopped (after half an hour), Terra got up.

"Ready now?"

"No, now I have to ask the Aqua-oracle if today is a good day to fight and then wait for an omen from the MESSANGER OF THE GREAT, ALMIGHTY AQUALAD!"

Terra was fed up, and showed this by hitting Aquagirl with a small stone.

"Ow!"

"Can we please battle now?"

"No! No! I must worship the handsome one!" cries Aquagirl as Terra pries her fingers off the shrine.

"Get this fight on or…or….or I will kill Aqualad!" yelled Terra at the fangirl.

Aquagirl's eyes widened at her mouth started to whimper, but in truth, Terra did not even know who this Aqualad guy was, only that he was one of the Titans and he lived in Atlantis.

"Ok, ok, I will fight!" surrendered Aquagirl.

"Finally," Terra answered cracking her knuckles. She glanced over to the side of her and using her earth-moving powers she picked up a large boulder and jumped onto it.

In turn, a still pouting Aquagirl glanced over to the sea, her eyes glowing a milky shade of blue and a wave rushed directly at her and swept her off of her feet taking her closer toward the water while Terra came closer to the rocky cliffs.

"Ha!" Terra roared and hurtled a couple of boulders at Tula.

Tula, sitting on a billowing fountain of water, deflected them with a sway of her hand commanding the water around her to veil herself from the rocks. When it opened, Terra found Tula laying on the wave in a comfortable position with her legs in the air like a model to make Terra fume.

Terra roared some other boulders which were blocked revealing Tula on her stomach, gracefully relaxing.

Every time, Terra aimed at Aquagirl, the waves opened and closed while Tula taunted on with her poses.

"Oh Gawd! First the worshipping and now this!"

Terra's eyes grew a dense yellow.

"When I hit you…" Terra yelled and flung an even bigger boulder not at Aquagirl, but at the water she was balancing on causing it to disperse and causing Aquagirl to fall.

"Stay hit!" said Terra smiling as Aquagirl made a huge splash.

Tula's glaring eyes emerged from the water which boiled and hissed around her seething anger.

"Raaarrrrrr!" she growled and the water rushed her up to where Terra was flying. Terra's eyes widened as Aquagirl tackled Terra and they both sank into the water.

Terra surfaced with a huge inhale.

"Oh snap….now my clothes are all wet…." groaned Terra before Tula surfaced next to her and splashed water on Terra.

"Aww…C'mon in this time of the year it's super cold. You're lucky that this is a man-made ocean," laughed Aquagirl doing laps around the titan. She giggled. "That's a real nice blue-seahorse tatt' on your ankle," she smiled stroking the water.

Terra blushed and her hand leaped to her ankle, but was proven a wrong move as she started sinking. "Hmm…not a very good swimmer, is she?" noted Aquagirl before diving down to rescue Terra.

She pulled Terra up with a huge breath. "Terra! You better be faking it! There's no way I'm doing mouth to mouth!" she said slapping the unconscious Terra. The blonde teen opened her eyes and smiled. "You're right! I am faking it, genius!" she complemented.

Tula smiled. "Why, thank you…" she started to gloat before stopping with a puzzled look and an undersea rock surfaced and sent her flying and falling down onto the beach.

"Shall I push you back into the water?" smiled Terra at Tula who looked up and groaned, "Best two out of three!"

She stood up and the confident smile came back to her face. "With the guidance of Aqualad, I am invincible!" she said.

Terra grew a frustrated, angry look and roared as she lunged her hands into the ground and pulled out some fresh, large stone and instead of hurling it at Aquagirl, hurled it at the Aqualad shrine smashing it to bits.

Aquagirl watched her idol get ruined right before her very eyes…how cruel…

Terra thrust her head back toward her opponent. "I'm just about tired of this!" she said softly. She threw a fist sized rock which struck Tula's shoulder. "The Aqualad worshipping…" another stone was throne. "…the inside jokes…" one to the face. "…the slaking…" another to the face, and this one hurt. Aquagirl fell to the ground, bruised and hurt inside, out, but her eyes stayed fixed on Terra. "I expected a decent fight. I always thought water was so powerful, so uncontrollable and untamed. Tsunamis, floods, the works….always was so destructive…always killed so many people..." she bit her lip. "…so uncontrollable...so destructive….

"Believe me, I've been there…wild and restless. And here you come in. A flimsy little mermaid who has been blessed with the control of it, and you abuse it!" At this point, she was right next to the Atlantean, and Terra struck her on the face. Then, she kneeled down to a scared, bruised face.

"Look, you are strong. You don't need that Aqualad guy to give you your strength. You already have enough of it. So, are you going to give me the fair fight I asked for, or…," she said reaching her glowing hand to Aquagirl. "Is it, 'Hasta La Vista, baby.'"

Aquagirl looked up at her with glistening eyes, like little pools of water, of raindrops and of deep abysses. Eyes that saw her parents die right before her, eyes that have seen many glorious and proud undersea palaces where she was pampered, but never really at home. Till, she first saw Aqualad and immediately fell in love with him and worshipped him for the sheer fact that she had no friends. She staggered after her hero, dubbing herself Aquagirl and obsessing over him, because she knew in her heart she is nothing more than a fan and could never make it as his girlfriend. But when she looked at that warm smile of the titan, she was overwhelmed.

She took her hand instantly and let her help her up. "I guess you're right…" she said looking solemnly toward her destroyed shrine. When her eyes came back to Terra, they were completely different. She grew up that moment. And she was ready to play the game.

"You want a fight, then I'll give you a fight, Terra!" she yelled at Terra with a smile.

"Glad to hear it…" mumbled Terra, smiling.

Tula looked down to her belt and pulled out an Aqualad plushie which caused Terra to anime faint.

"Did you even hear a word I said!" yelled the dumbfounded Terra.

"Don't worry, just took me a while to realize he is way out of my league," Tula answered. With that, she squeezed the doll with her fist activating something within it. The Aqualad doll ripped open as a large trident sprung out of it in Aquagirl's fist, a weapon that surprised Terra a lot.

With a war cry she lunged over to Terra and started lunging the trident at her surprising skill and grace. Terra even broke a sweat blocking the weapon which was flying at her fast. Terra reached back into the ground again and stone pillars rose from the cliff and curled around Aquagirl's arms and legs, restraining her. Aquagirl just moved something around in her mouth and spit out a large ball to Terra.

"Ewwww!" screeched Terra, but the pearl opened up into a net that trapped Terra. Terra brought forth water which eroded her own binds and pointed her trident to Terra, winning the match.

Terra disappeared just like Donna and Jinx from the earlier matches.

Tula had a moment to regain her breath and looked across the wide sunset stretched across the vast ocean.

She sighed knowingly….

….and rushed toward her ruined shrine like a maniac screaming, "Waaaah My Aqualad shrine!"

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