Chapter 7

"Fate Decides"

Steam was coming out of the water in the city. The lava was soon to burst out. Having the slightest idea of what to do, the Titans just watched nature show its indestructible power. Not even the Titans could stop the mountain without Terra.

"What should we do? I mean, we can't stop it." Cyborg finally said as everyone, even Robin was stumped. This was the first time the Titans have ever confronted something they couldn't stop.

"I don't know. . ." Robin said with a sigh. He was supposed to be the leader, someone that could stop anything, but now, he can't even thing of what else to say.

"Lies! There must be something we may do! We cannot let our home burn up in the lava!" Starfire yelled, but Robin interrupted with words that were never thought to come out of his mouth.

"It's over Star, we can't save the town." Robin said as Starfire just turned around and let out a faint cry.

"So. . . That's it?" A dark voice said but Robin didn't even bother to turn around, even though he knew who it was.

"That's a stupid question Slade. Don't you see? A volcano is about to blow and you're acting like it can be stopped." Robin said as Slade responded back.

"You're the Teen Titans, you've done the impossible before, what makes you think a simple volcano can stop you." Slade said but Robin didn't respond at all. He walked over to Raven and Beast Boy as they kept their guard up just incase.

"Come now, you think I would be the one to fight you at a time like this." Slade said as the two of them lowered their guard down.

"Then what do you want with us?" Beast Boy commanded as Slade walked up to him, looking down with his sinister eyes.

"It's not what I want with you two. It's what I want with Raven." Slade said as he walked up to Raven. She didn't look to happy to see him but at a time like this, she could hear anything from him.

"What do you want with me? If you're thinking of me stopping the volcano you're wrong. I'm not strong enough to stop it." Raven stated clearly but Slade just shook his head a little.

"Raven, I know how strong you are. Now I must ask you one question, do you have any family members?" He asked as Raven looked into his eyes. She knew that it was a serious question so she wanted to answer.

"Yes. . . I have my mother at home and my brother, Hikaru, at home too." Raven said as Slade turned around and looked up in the air with a big sigh.

"Well, they'll sure be disappointed in you, for not doing anything to save the town. But, they'll understand, I mean, after you killed your father, they'll still be happy for that." Slade said, but Raven was silent for a second.

"Oh. . . He's still alive. And where could he be?" Slade said as Raven placed her hand on her right chest. The feeling of her heart beat showed Slade that Trigun was in her.

"Then take care of him." Slade said as Raven looked up at him with a surprised look. She couldn't just "Take care of him", but Slade seemed to have confidence of her ability.

"Just go." Slade said as Raven nodded and grabbed the cracked mirror out of her cape. Before she left, Beast Boy interrupted.

"Raven! Before you go, I just want to. . . To say. . ." Beast Boy tried to get the words out of his mouth but Raven grabbed the back of his head and she kissed him in the lips.

"I love you too." Raven said as Beast Boy was a little shocked that she was the one that said it first. Raven looked at the mirror head on and closed her eyes. Suddenly, her whole body turned into a black raven and went inside the mirror. Beast Boy caught the mirror and held on to it dearly.

"Now what Slade? Do you have a plan or something?" Robin asked as Slade turned around with a small chuckle.

"Do you think I would just give that lecture for nothing?" Slade said as everyone focused in on what he has to say.

"So, what do you intend for us to do?" Cyborg asked as he looked at the rumbling city.

"Okay, here's what we're going to do." Slade started as everyone opened their ears.

Raven entered in her mind as she fell straight to the ground. Luckily but surprisingly, the place was snowing. Her body landed softly on the snow as she got up with a big shiver. Now, she didn't know if being really hot wasn't a bad idea. She walked forward threw the snow as her body started to shiver furiously to try to keep warm. The forbidden door that led to Trigun was all covered with snow, barely seeable with the whole place covered in snow.

"Raven. . . Why are you here daughter?" A dark voice said as it echoed through the place. Raven ignored the call from Trigun as she ventured threw the snow.

"Should you not be helping your friends to save your city? Oh, that is right, you cannot!" Trigun yelled as Raven bared the insults and just continued onward.

"Why do you want to confront me? What will be the point of this? Even if you do defeat me your city will be destroyed." Trigun said as Raven just continued to drag herself across the snow. Even though the voice of her father actually pierced threw her emotions, she stayed in control and on task.

"Well, it looks like your main objective is to destroy me. I'm sure Hikaru would understand that you let millions of people die so you could just destroy me." Trigun said as Raven stopped in her tracks.

"Yes, and I'm sure your mother would understand too. You could have let me be in control of you and only let, at the most, one death. But you think about yourself and your selfish needs get in your way. I think they would understand." Raven set aside the lethal blows to her conscious and set forth for the forbidden door. She finally went in and entered a technological throne room.

The room was full of pillars that held the place up. It had shapes on the wall that looked like a raven side by side. Raven was stepping slowly as the echoes of her footsteps went all across the room. She continued forward until she stopped in front of Trigun. He was still in the form of Raven but sitting on a chair like a king with tentacles connected to the ground.

"Hello daughter." Trigun said as Raven readied her battle stance. Trigun just looked at her oddly with his four red eyes.

"Are you sure you want to take care of me right now? Do you not think this is going too fast?" He said but Raven stayed in the stance.

"I just want to rid you from my body for good." Raven finally said as Trigun stood up. He was not much taller than Raven but thanks to the stairs making him have higher ground, he looked taller. He blasted the chair away and readied his stance. He had no use of his tentacles so he was going to use his own powers.

"Fine then, let me take care of you while you are at it!" Trigun shot his hand out and a red aura came out, racing straight for Raven. She flew in the air and headed up. Trigun continued to aim for her as he shot down pieces of the ceiling. Raven headed for Trigun as he crossed his arms together in defense. Suddenly, a clear like purple shield came around him, making Raven kick off it and headed up.

Trigun uncrossed his arms and started to shoot towards Raven once again. Raven flew to him again in surprise as she lifted her legs and started to kick Trigun in the face. She finally was done when she kicked off of him, did a back flip, and landed on the ground. Suddenly, a small feeling of pain raced threw her. She collapsed on one knee and held her heart, breathing deeply in pain.

"Do you feel that Raven? The pain you are giving me is the pain you will receive. Like I said, I am a part of you, so, every time you hurt me you hurt a part of yourself!" Trigun laughed maniacally as Raven rose in the air with her hand on her heart.

"That doesn't mean I can't destroy you." Raven said softly as Trigun looked confused.

"Say again daughter?" Trigun asked as Raven got up with her head looking at the ground. She spread her arms out and made two of the pillars turn all black. She crossed her arms, making the two pillars go straight to each side of Trigun. He spread his arms out and caught the two pillars, but had trouble keeping them away from himself.

"If you destroy me you have a chance of destroying yourself!" Trigun yelled as sweat came down his face. His arms slowly started to bend as he struggled to keep them away. Raven was starting to sweat too as she focused on trying to collide the two pillars.

"Azerath. . . Metrion. . ." She started to say as Trigun looked at her with a shocked look.

"Daughter! NO!" Trigun yelled but Raven couldn't stand his voice any longer.

"ZYNTHOS!" She screamed at the top of her lunges as a black pulse came out of her body with a loud boom came out, sounding like it came from miles away. All the pillars holding up the place turned black and headed straight for Trigun. The last thing that was ever seen of him was him being collided with pillars.

"AHH!" Raven yelled as the same pain came to her again, but this time, it was stronger. The pain made her collapse on the ground, making her run out of energy that instant. She couldn't move at all, Trigun was right, he was a part of her. The whole place started to rumble furiously as Raven tried to get up but her energy was gone.

Suddenly, she was picked up by someone. She opened her eyes with all the energy she had left and saw Beast Boy, caring her to the forbidden door leading out Raven's mind. They finally got out and Raven saw the buildings and city, safe and sound. Even the tower was safe in the water.

"You guys. . . Saved the city?" Raven asked as Beast Boy shook his head.

"Nope, the city is fried." Beast Boy said as Raven was shocked to hear that. Trigun was right, she could've helped save the city, but she was selfish and let millions of people die.

"A whole city destroyed, but no casualties. That's a rare occasion." Slade said as Raven looked up, even more surprised with what Slade said.

"But. . . You said. . ." Raven started to speak but Beast Boy interrupted with a smile.

"All that volcano did was destroy the other half of the city." Beast Boy said as he turned around to let Raven see. The other half was completely covered with lava as it pored out of the hole where the volcano was supposed to be.

"All we had to do was evacuate that half of the city. It was no hassle really." Beast Boy said as Raven smiled a bit.

"I hope you're happy big brother." She said softly as Beast Boy carried her inside the tower where everyone else was waiting.

"Huh?" A voice said in surprise. The boy was on Azerath, Raven's home planet. The boy was wearing b lack cape like Ravens but it had no hood. His black hair was short in the front but long in the back as he wore a long, black sleeved shirt with black jeans and black boots.

"What's wrong Hikaru? Is it Raven?" A woman said as she walked in the room. She had purple hair and a white robe came in.

"Yes, I think I'll see go and see her." He said as he went into his room, packed a few stuff, and came out with a backpack on.

"Tell her I said hi." She said as Hikaru nodded and flew into the sky.

Well, that's the end of this story. I have another idea but I want to see if my viewers would want me to make it. I'd like to thank everyone that commented on this story, and I personally like to thank DarkF4's. You gave me this great idea so thanks!