What is to come Chapter 3: Answers and Confusing Notions, a teen titans fanfic

Hiya awesome possum people, and welcome to the third chappie of 'What is to come'! nothing much new here, except I realized sometime today that there hasn't been a new episode of Teen Titans for about a month and a half. ! yeah, outrageous. I think the last one was aired on Feb. 19 or something like that. But anydiddlyhoo, this is my favorite chapter that I have written so far. Why? I dunno. But I do know that some chapter near the end (which I haven't written, just have a good idea) is my favorite…but enough of my useless ramblings, and onto the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans now, nor do I think I ever will. Unless someone in my family wins the jackpot and gives about 5 million dollars, then maybe I could buy them! This is a frikin HUMONGOUS maybe. It'll never happen tho…

Note: this will explain and muddle even more things than the last chapter. Enjoy.

Another Note: Birthmark never happened. Erase it from existence just for this story.

Yet another note: Raven talks in this chapter. A lot. She has a voice, and it's used. Deal.

Thanks to Lain and Grumbumble for reviewing.

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What is to Come

Chapter Three: Answers and Confusing Notions

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Raven was extremely uneasy, and could feel her emotions slipping form her control. Lately, she had seen more and more signs of the Apocalypse she was destined to bring around, Xaphtious showing up being one of them. She had just figured that he was coming to deliver a message from her father or something along those lines. But finding out Xaphtious was Karigan's father had brought new fear and light to many things. Raven was destined to end the world, she knew that, but what she had long forgotten was that she wasn't supposed to bring the Doom alone.

Karigan stopped pondering Raven's visit and began looking through the book, really looking at it, from beginning to end. When she opened up the cover, Karigan found the book was called the Volume of Feidhmiúil, and as she turned the pages, Karigan discovered the book contained Tellings and descriptions of the Told of all sorts. Most things in the Volume confused Karigan beyond all reason, but there were a fair few that she actually understood. A couple pages after the Telling of Crossfire was a page containing only a Telling, but on the page parallel to it laid an intricately drawn scene. The world was in flames, ever person on the face of the earth burned to death. Volcanoes around the globe erupted daily, and terrific ball of flame rained from the sky, which was in never ending darkness. But the thing that frightened Karigan the most was that everywhere in the picture demons ruled, finally freed from their underground prison. She shuddered slightly and looked to the Telling describing this horrific event, and she was shocked and confused by what she read.

'The mortal world shall fall by the hands of two, by one demon whole, fire and darkness will rise, and demons of the Underworld will reign.'

(OoO I'd love to make you guess what that means, but, the answer is revealed later on…shucks darn poo on cheese.)

"The stupid people that write these things sure do like to confuse everyone." Karigan complained crossly. "But what hell is it supposed to mean? The world's gonna end because of two people, and a demon's going to help them?" she sighed heavily. She wasn't getting anywhere and all this thinking was giving her a headache. The frustrated half-demon massaged her temples and stood up slowly. Karigan left her room and headed downstairs.

Everyone else was downstairs except Raven, and when Karigan entered the room, only Robin looked up at her. He had been talking to Star, and by the pained look on his face, it had been about an awkward subject. Robin absentmindedly dismissed Star, telling her to go talk to Beast Boy about this and walked over to Karigan.

Karigan wearily sat down on a stool at the island. "Hey."

Robin sat down to her, elbows propping him up. "Hey, is everything alright, because you kinda disappeared to your room for a while there." The dark haired girl looked into his masked eyes and sighed.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little tired. And I've got a headache. But I sure could use a drink." Robin stared at her disbelief, eyebrow arched. Karigan just giggled and spun around on her stool. (that's so fun)

"It was a joke, Boy Blunder. I'm not gonna go get drunk on you. But tea sounds nice." She said, standing up suddenly. The fact that she had just spun around in circles a bunch eluded her, and when Karigan tried walking, she swayed and staggered like a drunkard. When she finally regained her balance and her vision cleared Robin was laughing at her.

"Now I think that is considered drunk." Karigan opened her mouth in mock protest and cuffed him playfully on the back of the head.

"There, now we can share joys of a headache. After all, misery loves company." She was lying, of course. The headache had dispersed and Karigan felt increasingly better; once she overlooked the guilty pang of not telling the others about her past.

A cup of tea and a Gamestation championship later, Karigan was feeling mostly back to herself, and was able to break away from her companions, claiming she needed to find Raven. And she did. Karigan felt the growing urge to find out why Raven had come to her room, so she succumbed to it and went in search for her dark friend. Karigan mozied up to Raven's room and received no answer when she knocked, so she tried the only other place she could think of-the roof. Sure enough, Karigan had guessed correctly and she found Raven meditating near the edge of the Tower. Raven didn't acknowledge Karigan's presence, but she did hear her come up. She basically knew why Karigan had sought her out, her emotion vibration gave her thoughts away. As Karigan sat down next to her, Raven paused her meditating and floated back down to the roof top. For awhile, no one spoke, until Karigan cleared her throat and proceeded.

"Raven, I-"

"Want to know why I was outside your room earlier." Raven interjected quietly. Karigan looked a bit surprised.

"Um, yeah, basically." Raven sighed and turned to face her teammate and friend.

"Did you read the Telling?" she asked dimly. Karigan nodded.

"Yeah, but I didn't get what it meant." Now Raven nodded and continued.

"Did you go any further in the book itself?" Again Karigan nodded.

"I read the whole thing. But none of them made much sense."

"So I take it you read about what is to come." But Karigan gave her a quizzical look. "Also known as the Doom." (what she read earlier. Mortal world shall fall and all) Now she understood.

"But what does this have to do with me?" Karigan questioned, confused.

"Everything or nothing." Raven responded quickly but quietly. "Think about it. What plus what equals one?" Raven hated speaking in riddles, but Karigan needed to figure this out on her own, even if Raven was dropping enormous hints. Karigan also hated it when Raven spoke in riddles, but the answer to the question was obvious.

"Half." She answered nonchalantly. "But what-" Then her eyes widened; Karigan understood. "Oh." She exhaled slowly. "So two half-demons are going to destroy the world?" Raven nodded.

"And you're the only one I've seen with fire powers that shows promise." She added. Now Karigan's eyes grew even bigger.

"Me!" she asked incredulously, pointing to herself. "I'm supposed to help destroy the world?" Well who else is going to help? It's not like I know anybody that has dark powers." Raven frowned and then Karigan registered exactly what she had said; her eyes growing to the size of saucers each passing second.

"Holy shit." She breathed slowly and Raven could feel an outburst coming on. Karigan stood up quickly and began pacing. "Holy bloody shit!" she blew up suddenly, her hand on her forehead and still pacing. "I mean, I knew me having a demon father could hurt my friends or me but good cheese! This is a little extreme! I mean, can this be stopped? C'mon Raven, you're supposed to destroy the whole firkin world, doesn't that scare you in the least bit?" Raven let her pour it all out, knowing she would have a hard time dealing with this in the future. Since she had been brought up knowing this, it hadn't troubled her as much, that is, until now, when the Doom was rapidly approaching. Raven needed Karigan to shut up so she could talk and explain everything to her. Black magic found itself covering Karigan's mouth, blocking all sounds and stopping Karigan's ranting in her tracks.

"Sit." Raven ordered, embracing the silence. Karigan obeyed, but glared evilly at her friend as she continued. "I need you to listen and listen well. Yes, I am plenty scared, but if I let that show, the Doom may come earlier. And I have no clue if this can be stopped, I was never told of any way. I have been avoiding the truth since I can remember. I don't want to end the world, and I'm sure as hell not gonna let you." Karigan found herself smiling despite the situation. "But I need you to stay calm. My powers have been getting out of hand and I can feel it, my father can feel it. But I cannot let that happen. Trigon knows my resistance, and tries to bring me to his side. I thought that was what Xaphtious was doing here today; bringing a message from my father or trying to take me with him. I have resisted Trigon for 16 years, and I'm not about to give into him now. But it's you I'm worried about." She confessed. "I do not think you are weak enough to join the dark side," Raven added hastily at the look on Karigan's face. "It's just, well, he-they can force you to go with them. There are ways of breaking people, unimaginable ways, and I don't want that to happen. That's why Xaphtious came back. He is going to haunt and torment you until you break down and eventually succumb to your demonic side. That's the he wants, that's the side he can manipulate and control. The only thing demons want is power, and Xaphtious will convince your demonic side that joining with him will bring her more power. We cannot let that happen." A new hope surged through Karigan as she listened to Raven. Like hell I'm going to join him. There's no way on this great green earth that will ever happen. But Raven seemed to read her mind.

"You will have no choice in the matter if he brings out your demonic side. That's why we need to work on protecting your mind, setting up shields against the onslaught of things coming your way. I have maintained a safe haven all my life. That's part of the reason why I cannot feel. Too much thought and energy spent on emotions weakens my barriers." She paused, at the panic stricken look on Karigan's face. "I hate to do this to you now, after you've experienced emotions, to have to lock them all away. It will be harder for you, but it must be done. I know you don't want to join your father, and sometimes it will seem easier if you do; but that's exactly what Xaphtious wants to think." Karigan's reaction was worse than Raven had imagined. Her eyes were distant and glazed over, and all the color had drained from her face. She was drawing up inside herself, becoming a bottled-up basket case of emotions, the most vulnerable state to strike at. She placed her hand on Karigan's shoulder. Karigan turned her head and stared at Raven's hand saying nothing, but then she looked at Raven directly and her eyes re-focused.

"These next few weeks are going to be hard, but this is something that needs to happen, and would've regardless. And we need to tell the team about this. Things have been set into motion that cannot be undone. The Doom is coming, it can't be stopped."

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Robin respected Karigan's privacy but she had been acting strange ever since the attack that morning. She almost never barricaded herself in her in her room and she seemed zoned out during the Gamestation championship. What puzzled him even more was when that demon, Xaphtious as Raven had called him, revealed himself, the color drained from Karigan's already pale face. And now she mysteriously excluded herself to go find Raven. He hated spying on people, most of all on his friends, his only family. But heart overcame head and he knew something was up, his gut told him. So the Boy Wonder excused himself from his remaining teammates and quietly followed Karigan from the room. He silently trailed her to Raven's room where she got no response and headed elsewhere. By the looks of it she was heading for the roof, Raven's second room almost. This was where he stopped, the door to the roof could be cracked open and he could hear then just fine. Damn, I hate doing this; it's more like something Beast Boy would do. (I have nothing against BB, resort back to 'Spellbound' if need be) but nevertheless he stayed put, intent on listening to what they had to say.

Much to his frustration though, the two girls had seated at a far end of the roof and spoke fairly quiet. Robin caught snippets of their opening words; something about a Volume, what was to come and the Doom. All of this information confused him greatly but he still listened on. Then heard Raven said that Karigan was the only one with fire power that showed promise. Promise at what? Robin wondered, but he quickly found the answer.

"Me? I'm supposed to help destroy the world!" Oh my gosh…Robin thought, tuning everything out until Karigan began shouting at the top of her lungs about something.

"Holy bloody shit! I mean, I knew me having a demon father…" Her father's a demon? Then he heard the rest of she was ranting about, surprised people in Iowa couldn't hear her.

"C'mon Raven, you're supposed to destroy the whole firkin world, doesn't that scare you in the least bit!" Damn, Raven's supposed to destroy the world too? As he listened intently, he faintly heard Raven telling a suddenly quiet Karigan to sit. Robin listened amazed as Raven more altogether right there than she probably did all day. She talked of her father, and her resistance, and some other things that Robin didn't hear.

Robin's eyes widened. So this was why Raven rarely smiled, barely laughed, and never opened up. He didn't hear what she said next, he was too immersed in his own thoughts. But what he did manage to hear shock him through and through.

Robin's heart went out to Karigan. She was so accustomed to feeling whatever she wanted that tying down her emotions would be extremely difficult.

"Damn, this sucks." He murmured to himself, standing up and going back down to the kitchen.

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Raven suddenly jerked her head towards the door, feeling intense emotion emanating from it. She knew who was behind it.

"Robin." She murmured under her breath. Not now Robin. If you heard everything, you would know what she has to do. Don't provoke her emotions. Raven thought desperately. Karigan had heard Raven say Robins name and that snapped her out of her reverie.

"When do we tell the others?" She asked softly, looking out over the city they protected. Raven stared at the same thing Karigan was.

"Now would be good."

The two half demons decided that they were only going to tell everyone else that Karigan had a demon and that she was going to undergo some new training to keep her powers in check. When the two reached the living room everyone else was already down there doing their own thing. Karigan tried to meet Robin's eyes but he kept turning away. A sharp pang of fear jabbed at her heart. Did he know? But how could he? Karigan asked herself. She let Raven do most of the talking and spoke only to answer her teammates' questions.

"This would basically explain why I went berserk last month…" They all knew what incident Karigan was referring to; every single one of them wondered why the things that happened did occur.

"But why didn't you tell us earlier?" Robin asked quietly. Karigan was finally able to meet his gaze, but his emotions were hidden by the mask.

She shrugged sheepishly. "I'm not entirely sure actually. I guess that since I had just gained a new family, I didn't want to lose it again." Karigan replied, still staring at Robin.

"Hey man, we're not gonna ditch ya cuz your dad's a demon." Cyborg piped up.

"Yeah dude. That'd be like getting rid of Raven, and she's been here from the beginning." Beast Boy put in enthusiastically. "Plus, I think she might blow us all up before we even had the chance." He added quietly so only Karigan was supposed to hear. But Raven heard him and Beast Boy's boxers magically pulled down over his head. Karigan smirked to herself; Beast Boy had no clue how true his words might be. Soon after they all split up and went their separate ways. Beast Boy and Cyborg continued their game, Raven to her room, and Star to the 'mall of shopping'. Karigan knew Robin wanted to talk to her, but she wanted to be left alone. As she headed for the door the Boy Wonder caught her by the arm and turned her to face him.

"Kari," he began, looking her directly in the eyes. "Why didn't you tell the team the truth?" Karigan looked over Robin's at Cyborg and Beast Boy, who were cheering and arguing over petty rules and battles.

"Because they don't need to know, not yet. You didn't need to know this early." She answered, looking back at Robin. "This is my burden and weighing it down on their shoulders would destroy them. They would think that they needed to help me-us- out, but in the end no one can help us. Not even you Robin." She added the last sentence to make a point.

"But-" Robin started, but Karigan cut him off.

"You can't, so please don't try. If you know what I must do, then you know I can't feel from here on out. The only thing you can do to help me is don't argue, and steer clear of me. Even the sight of you could threaten my existence. So please, please don't object, this is the only way." She finished, pulling towards her and hugging him tightly. "Goodbye for awhile, Robin." She whispered, pulling away and walking out the door, with Robin's saddened eyes following her out.

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OoO so you likey? I hope so. This chapter took for firkin ever to type, mostly due to internet distractions. I can't say much, because my mom threatened to ground me if I wasn't off in 15 minutes. It's been 20.