Kingdom Hearts: Intertwined Souls
By AnimeDutchess
Chapter Ten: Teen Titans, GO!
A/N: Sorry about the clichéd title. Anyway, how is everyone enjoying their summer? Mine is great, since my brother is now in camp! I WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALL DAY, JUST THE MORNING, LATE AFTERNOON, AND NIGHT! WH00T!
Talk Back:
jeffiswrongC: Okay, thanks! Do you mind if I use your idea about the keyholes later on in the story? And don't worry; I'll give an explanation for the Gummi Ship in a couple chapters or so! Thanks for reviewing!
Jupiter-Lightning: Thanks!
Emmy19: It's okay, and thanks! I'm glad you thought it was funny!
Yeah, well, Enjoy! Oh, and has anyone noticed how ironic it is that this is the tenth chapter and this is the first world Sora, Lilith, and co. will be sealing? Just wanted to point it out…
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"Land it in the trees over there!"
"No, no, land in that ditch on the beach!"
"Are you out of your mind, Sora? People go to the beach!"
"So? It's better than landing it in a park!"
"Those trees are NOT a park!"
"Actually, Helena…I see swing sets and stuff nearby…"
"….Gee, Kairi, thanks for ruining my argument…"
"Aw, be quiet, all of you! We're going to that forest over there!"
Donald and Goofy flew the Hornbeam over to a large clearing in a forest nearby the city with the giant 'T' near it. The ship was then lowered slowly…slowly…
"This is taking too long!" Sora exclaimed. He quickly grabbed the controls and plopped the Hornbeam into the clearing, making the ground shake.
"Oh great," Donald said, slapping his forehead with one of his hands, "Now someone will notice us for sure! Nice going, Sora!"
"Hey, it's not my fault!"
"Yes it is! You plopped the Gummi Ship down into the clearing with no regard for the rules! Now someone is sure to come to try and figure out what made the ground shake!"
"Well, it's not like we had any regard for the rules last time, Donald."
"…Thanks, Goofy, now I've lost MY argument…"
"Don't mention it!"
Donald rolled his eyes, giving a look that said 'Save-me-I'm-surrounded-by-idiots'. Lilith, Helena, and Kairi laughed. They had never seen the boys act like this before, and it was funny.
"Okay everyone, time to go! And stay hidden!"
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Lilith was the last person to step out of the Gummi Ship. The others had already gotten comfortable: Sora and Kairi were lying on the grass, Helena and Goofy were looking around the surrounding forest, and Donald was…
"Hurry up, Lilith," Donald shouted, "I need to lock up the Gummi Ship so no one steals it!" Lilith sighed and moved out of Donald's way as he closed the door and locked it by pressing a few buttons on a keypad near the door.
"Wait, where's Navi?" Lilith asked. Navi, as if on queue, popped out of Goofy's hat.
"Someone say my name?" The fairy asked. Lilith shook her head yes.
"We just wanted to know where you were," Lilith said. Navi sighed and zipped back under Goofy's hat.
"Okay," Donald said, "Given the fact that this seems like a perfectly normal world disregarding the 'T', I think we can rest for ten minutes before we should get moving, and-"
"Wait," Lilith said. She went over to the other side of the Gummi Ship and looked at the forest on that side. She could've sworn she had heard…
"Do you guys hear that, too?" She asked. Everyone was silent as they walked over to her. Slowly, each one nodded.
"It sounds like…an engine," Sora said.
"Which means that people are already coming…" Kairi said, nervous. Everyone stared at each other.
"HIDE IN THE BUSHES!"
Everyone dove into the bushes on the side of the Gummi Ship they had been to already. They could hear the engines getting closer. As they shrunk down in the bushes, they could hear the screeching of vehicles as they stopped somewhere nearby. Muffled voices soon followed, getting louder. The group in the bush couldn't see the new group, so they figured that they couldn't be seen, either. They were right. As the voices grew louder, they could hear people walking through the underbrush of the forest until they finally heard the new group stop. Gasps arose from the new group.
"Dude," One of them said, "What the heck is this thing?"
"It's probably that spaceship people reported flying over the city," Another person said, "everyone, check it out. See if any aliens are on board."
Donald almost screamed 'ALIENS?', but Goofy held him back, putting a hand on his beak. Unfortunately, the bush rustled from that. They didn't know that someone had looked their way until someone else spoke.
"What's up?" The second person had said. The third person sighed.
"I thought I heard something," They said, "It's probably just a squirrel or something." Another person then spoke up.
"Hey guys," the fourth person said, "The stuff the ship is made of isn't from Earth. In fact, I've never seen anything like this before."
"I have not ever seen anything like this material either," a fifth person said, "Whatever it is, I do not believe that we have encountered these aliens before."
"Alright," the second person said, "so, that just leaves what kind of alien race this is."
The group in the bushes listened with interest. So the people here DID know about other worlds…but their knowledge of them seemed vague. Sora shifted quietly in the bushes, but by doing so, accidentally made Kairi fall over sideways because she was leaning on him. She fell into Helena's lap with an 'oof!'.
"What'd you do that for?" Helena whispered.
"It's not my fault," Kairi whispered back, "Sora moved!"
"Sora…now they could be on to us! They could all be staring at the bush right now! And by the sound of what they were talking about, they could be alien hunters! They could mistake us for aliens and kill us or something!" Helena whispered her long monologue quickly. Lilith sighed quietly and hoped that they wouldn't be found because of Helena's big mouth.
-You can come out, you know.-
Lilith almost fell back and yelped in surprise. Someone had telepathically contacted her.
-How…how did you know we were here?- Lilith thought back.
-Well, bushes don't move or talk on their own. Are you the aliens who own the ship?-
-Oh, we're not aliens. We may look strange, but we are most defiantly not aliens. And yes, that's our ship.-
-Then why don't you come out? We won't hurt you unless you threaten us.-
-Threaten? Oh dear, no. We're on a mission…but I don't think Mr. Follow-the-Rules would let me tell you, even though you seen trustworthy enough.-
-Well, he can't stop you now, can he? You and I are the only ones who are a part of this conversation.-
-Well…we're looking for a couple people, and we have to seal a bunch of worlds so they don't disappear.-
-Okay, the first part I understand, but what about disappearing?-
-I'll explain later. Just tell your friends that you contacted the 'aliens' and that we're not a threat. I'll come out of the bushes and my friends will probably follow to try and stop me. Sound good?-
-Hey, it's your call. Want me to tell you when to come out?-
-Fine with me.-
Lilith could hear the person who contacted her brining their friends over somewhere so she couldn't hear them. Luckily, the others were too busy arguing in whispers to care.
"Hey. Come on out."
The others froze, shocked. Lilith got ready to stand up, but Donald grabbed her arm.
"We can't get up," Donald said, "We should sneak away right now."
"What's the point? They know we're here, so let's stop being jerks and introduce ourselves!" Lilith stood up fully, looked at the people in front of her, and gasped.
There were two girls and three guys. One guy had black spiky hair that could compete with Sora's, a mask, a utility belt, and a cape. Another guy looked African American and seemed to be part robot. The other guy had green hair, green skin, green eyes, and was wearing a purple jumpsuit-ish outfit. One of the girls was rather tall, had long red hair, green eyes, almost orange skin, and wore a purple shirt with matching skirt and boots. The other girl had short purple hair cut above her shoulders, grey skin, a red gem on her forehead, and wore a black leotard with a blue cape.
"Oh, so I contacted you," The girl with the blue cape said. Lilith nodded.
"It figures Raven would contact a fellow Goth-OW!" The green boy was knocked by the robot guy's elbow in an attempt to shut him up. It worked. Unfortunalty, the others (and by others I mean Donald) heard 'contact', and went into a frenzy.
"You WHAT?" Donald yelled. He leapt out of the bushes. The five others from the new group gasped.
"So what?" Lilith said, "We need help, and they're not a threat! Besides, they seem nice enough. Why can't we trust them?" Donald had lost most of his steam by the time Lilith had finished. He sighed.
"Alright," He said, defeated. Lilith struggled to not giggle.
"Guys, come on out! I'm surprised you haven't already!" Lilith shouted to the bush her other friends were hiding in. Sora, Kairi, Helena, and Goofy emerged from the bush. They, Donald, and Lilith quickly made introductions.
"Nice to meet you all," The boy wearing the mask said, "We're the Teen Titans. I'm Robin."
"It is wonderful to meet you all, new friends! I am Starfire!" The red haired girl said, bouncing up and down.
"Cyborg's the name, butt-kicking's my game," the robot-guy said, grinning.
"I'm Beast Boy," The green guy said, "I'm single, for you ladies." He quickly zipped over to Lilith, Kairi, and Helena and flashed a grin. Sora pulled Kairi towards him.
"Kairi's my girlfriend," Sora said. Beast Boy grinned nervously and sweat-dropped.
"Eheh, sorry," He said. He then turned to Helena and Lilith.
"So, are you ladies free?" He asked. Helena smirked.
"Well, Lil here is madly in love with someone, but I'm free." Helena said, her grin getting bigger by the second. Lilith glared at Helena
"I'm SO not madly in love." She said. Helena laughed.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I meant: She's gaga over someone else." Lilith gave a low growl, but decided to lecture Helena later. The angel then turned to Beast Boy.
"Besides, someone with your looks would really disappoint all your fangirls if you hooked up with someone, right?" Helena said. Beast Boy 'hmm'ed, then nodded in agreement. The girl with the blue robe then stepped forward.
"I'm Raven, if you haven't guessed," She said, "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, too!" Lilith said, having one of her mood swings. Raven sweat-dropped.
"Okay," Robin interjected, "Now that we're all acquainted, is it okay if we go somewhere else to ask you guys a few questions?" Lilith looked towards Sora.
"Well, Sora?" She asked. Sora nodded.
"That sounds fair," He said. Donald then jumped up.
"No it doesn't! We can't go around telling people what we're doing!" He shouted. Lilith glared at him.
"You said you'd trust them, Donald," She said. Donald laughed nervously.
"Okay, sorry," He said.
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The Teen Titans had taken our rag-tag group of heroes and heroines to Titans Tower, a.k.a. the giant 'T' that was sticking out of the world when they first set eyes on it.
"Wow, you guys live here?" Sora asked, amazed at the giant living room/kitchen.
"Yeah," Robin said, "We keep the city safe from super-powered crooks and bad guys, so the city lets us live here."
"So you guys are superheroes?" Goofy asked.
"You could say that," Robin answered.
"Cool!" Kairi exclaimed. Starfire went over to Kairi.
"Friend," She said, "Would you like to do the 'Hanging Out' with me? We could do each other's hair, or- "
"Sorry, Star," Robin interjected, "You guys can do that after we talk." He turned to Sora.
"So, why are you guys here?" He asked.
"Well," Sora said, "We're looking for a couple of our friends. We also have to go around to different worlds and seal them."
"Uh, how do you do that?" Beast Boy asked. Sora sighed and made the Keyblade materialize in his hands. The Titans gasped; Raven looked shocked.
"I use this to seal the Keyholes of each world I go to. That seals the world. Lilith has something like it; why don't you show them?" Lilith nodded and made the Key Staff materialize in her hands. The Titans gasped again; Raven looked even more shocked than before.
"We have to find this world's Keyhole," Lilith asked, "Or else it'll be overrun with Heartless, and then it'll disappear." Raven raised an eyebrow.
"What do these 'Heartless' look like?" The Goth Titan asked.
"Well," Donald said, "They have many different forms. Most of the time they have a heart with stitches on them, but the most common and simple ones are the Shadow type. They kinda look like a cross between a clown, a lobster, and a bug. They're all black and have glowing yellow eyes."
"Hey," Cyborg said, a light-bulb popping up over his head, "Don't those sound like the creatures that have been popping up all over town? Man, those things are weak but ANNOYING! Sometimes it seems like they'll never end!"
"Yeah, I know how that feels," Sora said, sighing.
"So…you go around fighting lobster-clown-bugs and stuff? Sounds like fun," Beast Boy said, "Can we come along?"
"Sorry," Goofy said, "That would be mudd-"
"Meddling!"
"Oh, right! And besides, our ship can't fit everyone."
"Besides," Kairi said, "Aren't you guys needed here?" Beast Boy sighed.
"Yeah, you're right," He said. During the whole time, Helena was silent. She peeped her head behind the kitchen counter…and almost got her head bitten off by an oversized larva.
"Eep!" She squealed. She ran over to Lilith and hid behind her back.
"What the heck is that thing?" She shouted, clearly shook up. Starfire gasped and picked up the larva.
"This is our pet Silkie. New friends, Silkie. Silkie, meet our new friends Sora, Kairi, Helena, Lilith, Goofy, and Donald." The hyperactive alien-girl grinned. Helena cringed behind Lilith.
"I…don't…like…bugs…" The angel muttered. Lilith suppressed a giggle and turned to her fear-stricken friend.
"Oh, come on, he looks cute and completely harmless," the demon-girl said. The blonde angel sweat-dropped and stood up straight, trying to look like she didn't cringe behind her best friend in fear of a bug.
"I-I knew that," She said. Lilith giggled and gave Helena a warm smile.
"Hey," Robin said, cutting the warm-and-fuzzy moment short, "We'd like to help you look for this 'Keyhole', but right now we're researching something. You can stay here during your search, if you want." The other Titans cheered in agreement. Raven, however, stayed silent.
"Well, we could help you look for whatever it is you're looking for," Sora said. He turned to his other companions. "Well, guys? What do you say?"
"Of course," Kairi said.
"Sure," Goofy said.
"If it'll get us to the Keyhole faster," Donald grumbled.
"Fine with me," Helena said.
"I'm in," Lilith said. Sora grinned.
"Then I guess we're helping you guys," He said, turning back to the Titans, "What're we looking for?" Robin led the non-Titans to the kitchen counter. On it was a really good drawing of a flame-like 'S' with other flame-shapes around it. Lilith stared at the picture. It looked so…familiar…
"I've seen this before," She said, looking up from the picture, "I just wish I could remember where, though." She looked at the Titans' faces. Only one person didn't look like they had been led down a dead end and were disappointed: Raven. She actually looked slightly…relieved?
"Hey, I've got an idea," Kairi said, "Why don't we split up into researching teams? That way we could cover more ground and find the meaning of the symbol faster."
"That's a great idea!" Cyborg said. Robin nodded in agreement.
"Alright," the boy wonder said, "Sora, you can come with me. Kairi, you and Helena can go with Starfire. Donald, you go with Cyborg. Goofy, you go with Beast Boy, and- "
"Lilith comes with me, right?" Raven asked. Robin nodded. Everyone agreed and headed off to different places to research. Raven took Lilith's hand.
"C'mon, we're going to my room," she said. Lilith nodded and followed Raven out of the living room.
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Sora and Robin were researching on the computer. Right now, they were trying Google to see if its databases had the symbol, but…
"Nothing," Robin said as they reached the last page of pictures they had for 'S'.
"Hey, I've got an idea," Sora said. He changed the search to look for websites and typed in 'symbols' and 'S'. A whole bunch of websites popped up (about twenty-five pages of them).
"Maybe it's on one of these," Sora suggested. Robin smiled in respect for Sora.
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Kairi, Helena, and Starfire were in Starfire's room looking at some alien books, trying to find the symbol. Kairi pointed to a picture in one of the books.
"This looks sorta like the symbol," She said. Helena and Starfire came over to take a look.
"That's not it," Helena said, shaking her head, "It doesn't look exactly like it, see? The points are all wrong." Helena pointed to the flaws.
"Well then, what kind of symbol is this?" Kairi asked Starfire. The alien-girl looked carefully at the symbol. She then gasped.
"Oh, I have been looking everywhere for this! This is my recipe book from my home planet!" She exclaimed, hugging the book to her chest.
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The Cyborg-Donald group and the Beast Boy-Goofy group were working together by looking through older newspapers (and I mean really old, like the kind that would disintegrate of you touched them, so they're kept in glass cases but they have more durable copies of them). Donald was looking through one stack when he came across something.
"Hey, guys! Look at this!" He shouted. The others ran over to see what Donald had found. He held up a copy of a relatively new newspaper that had the picture of a man on it. He was enveloped in shadows, but the exact same 'S' they were looking for was clearly emblazed on his forehead. The title of the paper was 'Mysterious Madman Supposedly Comes Back From Beyond'.
"Who's this guy?" Donald asked. Cyborg looked at the paper, but Beast Boy turned away and looked through another stack of papers; he didn't seem to want to listen.
"This is Slade," Cyborg said, his tone changing to an unusual level of seriousness, "He's the guy who showed us the symbol in the first place. He's a major bad guy. One time, he kidnapped Robin and used technology to control him in a way, which involved us almost being destroyed by probes, but we outsmarted him in the end. Then he turned BB's girlfriend against us- "
"Terra wasn't my girlfriend," Beast Boy said solemnly. Cyborg snickered.
"Really? You were more moody than I had ever seen you when she betrayed us, and then again after…well, you know." the half-robot said. Beast Boy grunted and stopped looking through the newspaper copies. He walked over to the door and opened it.
"Hey Beast Boy, where're you going?" Goofy asked. The green teen (hey, that's a good one) turned and smiled, but anyone with half a brain could see that he was depressed.
"I'm gonna go see if anyone else needs help," He said. He left and closed the door. Cyborg sighed and turned back to Donald and Goofy.
"Man, why did I say that? Now he's pissed off for sure," he said. Donald frowned.
"And here I thought that I'd found something useful…who knew that one person could cause so much trouble…" The duck sighed, "Maybe I shouldn't have even brought it up…"
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Lilith looked around Raven's room in amazement. It was all just so…cool to her. All the books, the spooky décor; it all fit Raven's personality.
"Wow, look at this stuff! I feel like I'm in my mother's parlor," She said, looking at all the books. She spotted a hand mirror on the dresser under the wall mirror.
"A mind portal? No way! Those are really rare! My mother had one!" She turned to Raven, a smile on her face, "So, you're a demon, too?"
"Oh, so you ARE a demon," Raven said, "I thought you were, but your aura seems…"
"Seems what?"
"No offense…but it seems a bit too…light…for a demon."
"No big deal; people say that I don't seem like a demon all the time. So, like I said, you're a demon?"
"Half. My mother was human."
"Oh. That must've been nice…did she die?"
"I…don't know."
"Be glad that you don't. I saw my mother die, and that isn't fun."
"I'd expect it not to be."
"Yeah…well, we ought to be researching, right?"
"No! …We can't. My friends are already mixed-up in this. I can't let anyone else be, either."
"What is your problem with this? Is it on a personal level or something?"
"…More than you know."
"Oh, so you have something to do with the symbol?"
"…"
"Thought so. Come on, it can't be that bad. You can tell me, you know. I'm extremely trustworthy, and I won't tell anyone unless faced with universe destruction. I have secrets that I'm taking to the grave."
"…"
"…Not convincing, huh? Guess I'm not getting any answers."
"…You will. Just help me look for them." Lilith smiled and quickly took a book down from one of the many shelves.
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"C'mon, c'mon, it's gotta be in here…" Raven said in frustration as she used her magic to look at several books at once. Lilith had a small, neatly stacked pile of books next to her as she flipped through them. Everyone had been searching for about an hour with no luck. As the two Goths flipped through the books, someone knocked on the door. They were both startled; Lilith almost dropped her book and all the books Raven was looking at fell to the ground all at once. Raven got up and opened the door partially. Lilith peered over Raven's shoulder to see who was at the door. There stood Beast Boy.
"Uh, hi," he said, "I was just wondering, uhm-"
"No." Raven shut the door in his face and went back to looking at books. Lilith took one look at the door, and then faced Raven.
"Why did you shut the door on Beast Boy like that?" She asked. Raven didn't respond.
"I mean, well, that really isn't very nice." No response. Lilith sighed in frustration.
"…Never mind." Lilith quickly went back to her pile of books when yet another knock on the door was heard. Raven quickly got up and opened the door all the way. Robin came in.
"How's the search?" He asked. The two Goths shook their heads. Robin sighed.
"That's how it is for everyone," he said, "If we only had some sort of clue, like the name of the symbol or something." Just then, a red light flashed on and off again, and an alarm was heard throughout the tower.
"What the-" Lilith said, but then Starfire's voice came over the intercom.
"Everyone, please proceed to the Living area at once," She said. Robin ran out of the room while Lilith waited for Raven to put her books down. They went to the living room together, quietly and quickly.
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"Friends," Starfire said once everyone was in the room, "I have discovered the origins of the symbol." She then went on about some whacked-out alien race. Lilith was too busy zoning out to care. She had been confused by Raven's sudden coldness to Beast Boy. Speaking of him, he seemed a bit…depressed…which was odd, since he didn't seem that way at all before. She then looked over to her own friends. They all looked slightly weirded out at whatever Starfire was saying.
Meanwhile, unknown to our heroine Lilith, Beast Boy had been trying to catch Starfire's attention the whole time she was talking. He then pulled something off of the picture and said something about tofu while throwing it to Silkie, who ate whatever it was.
Anyway, as the Titans were talking, Sora went over to Lilith and waved his hand in front of her face. She quickly snapped out of her zoned-out state.
"What?" She asked. Sora sighed.
"Nothing," he said, "You just seem distracted."
"Yeah…"
The alarm went off again. Everyone jumped (Kairi almost screamed), and Robin ran to the giant TV that also served as a digital map of the city that told where there was trouble. In one area, a circle with an angular 'S' flashed. The Titans glared at it. Lilith raised an eyebrow.
"O-kay…more 'S's…you guys seem to really hate this one, though," she said. Robin turned to her.
"It's Slade," He said, seething, "We have to go take care of him." He then ran towards the door…but not before Sora blocked the way.
"Let us go, too," He said, "We can all fight-"
"Not me!" Kairi shouted. Helena put her hand on Kairi's shoulder.
"I'll protect you while your boyfriend fights evil. Sound good?" The blonde asked. Kairi nodded (Sora pouted a bit, but he got over it).
"Sure," Robin agreed, "We need all the help we can get. Let's go!" Sora nodded, and he, Robin, and everyone else besides Raven and Lilith ran out immediately. Lilith had wanted to ask Raven something.
"Raven…" Lilith started.
"What?"
"Who's this Slade guy?"
"I'll fill you in on the way; the others will probably do that with your friends. C'mon."
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A fireball exploded into a dilapidated building. A man who was wearing a full body suit, armor, and a full helmet/mask on his head with the flaming 'S' emblazed on his forehead chuckled evilly.
"This should attract their attention," He said to himself.
"Freeze, Slade!"
The man addressed as Slade turned around. Behind him he saw his arch-enemies, the Teen Titans, and the group of six that his Lady warned him about.
"Hello, Titans," He said in his creepy voice, "I see you have some new friends…" He lifted his hand and pointed to each.
"Sora, Kairi, Helena, Donald, Goofy, and…" His hand and gaze stopped at Lilith. "Ah. My Lady warned us about you, Key Staff Wielder…hard to believe you're a Sagi…"
"What's he talking about, Lilith?" Sora asked. Lilith shook her head.
"No idea," She said, "I've never even heard the word, though it's most defiantly from the Demon language back home." She then faced Slade, glaring at him.
"What do you mean by that? Are you insulting me or something?" She asked, "Because if you are, you're doing it to the wrong person." Helena looked at Lilith with interest.
"He's really pissing you off, isn't he?" The angel asked. There was not time for small talk, though, since Slade sent a giant fireball towards the teen heroes. Everyone jumped out of the way as quick as they could and spilt up, going after Slade. After dodging flames, weapons, punches and kicks, and the occasional projectile, everyone except Slade was worn out. The man chuckled softly and evilly.
"I guess it's time for you kids to meet some of my new friends," He said. Out of the ground rose…the Shadow Heartless.
"Aw, great! Now this'll take forever!" Sora shouted. He started to hack through the Heartless. The others followed suit. Robin, however, jumped over the Heartless and confronted Slade.
"Why are you doing this?" Robin asked, his eyes narrowing at the sight of Slade. Slade pointed to the 'S' on his forehead.
"You want to know about this, don't you? Well, I'll tell you about it. It's the Mark of Scath, and unfortunately, it won't come off. It is the mark of my former master."
"'Former'? What do you mean by that? Is you new master the one who gave you these 'Heartless'?" Robin asked. Slade just laughed evilly.
"You know more than you think, Robin," he said, "Unfortunately, I'm not at liberty to tell all." He then launched two fireballs into the air, and disappeared in a giant flame. The Heartless slipped back into the shadows. The others ran over to Robin.
"Why'd they disappear like that?" Beast Boy asked. Everyone shrugged.
"It's because Slade left," Robin explained, "He can control those things."
"No one controls the Heartless," Sora said, "The Heartless control others. And, why did Slade destroy this area? It was just a bunch of wrecked buildings, anyway." The flames immediately disappeared once Sora said those words. The flames had burned down a very large area, but in the center was the completely unharmed…
"This is the former town library," Cyborg said, checking his scanners.
"Since it's unharmed, Slade must need it for some reason," Robin said, "but for what?" Beast Boy then walked over to one of the pillars.
"Big deal," Beast Boy said, leaning against the pillar, "Why would he need a library, though?" As Beast Boy leaned against the pillar, it cracked and broke. When it hit the ground (everyone freaked out, of course), the vibrations from it hitting the ground caused the library sign to fall from the ground, revealing the flaming 'S' behind it. Raven gasped, shocked.
"That's the Mark of Scath," Robin said, pointing to the symbol, "Slade told me the name. He said it was the symbol of his former master."
"Then, who could be his new master?" Helena asked, staring at the symbol. Lilith, next to her, 'hmm'ed and took a step forward.
"Maybe we'll find something out about his former master if we go inside," She suggested, "And then maybe we'll find out how his former master became former. Sound good?" Almost everyone else (not Raven) nodded, and started to walk towards the old library. Raven looked in hesitation, but decided that she would have to go inside anyway, and followed the others.
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"Man," Beast Boy complained, "This place is creepy even without the librarians!"
Everyone had been looking around the library, but they hadn't seen anything unusual. It looked like a regular library after-hours. Raven had been lagging behind, hoping that they wouldn't find anything. Lilith looked at Raven and went to her, concern etched clearly on her face.
"You seem troubled," the demon princess said, "Wanna talk about it?" Raven shook her head once.
"Oh…okay. Wanna talk about anything?"
Raven shrugged. "Sure, whatever." Lilith giggled and pulled Raven into a corner.
"So, have you ever had a boyfriend?" Raven sweat-dropped at Lilith's rather forward question.
"Wh-what? Why are you asking me that?" Lilith quickly shushed Raven.
"I dunno; I'm just curious is all," She said. Raven sighed at Lilith's baffling behavior.
"Well…once I did. At first he was really nice. He taught me so much about magic."
"Ah, 'at first', huh?"
"Yeah. You see, he was trapped in a book by a curse. It took a couple weeks, but he had finally taught me enough to break the curse. I did…and it turned out that he was really an evil dragon. He was just using me to be freed. I ended up sealing him back in the book, but not without a lot of help from my friends."
"Ugh, what a jerk! Who would want to use a nice person like you?" Raven looked shocked at Lilith's statement.
"You…really think I'm nice?" She asked. Lilith nodded honestly.
"You're not just saying that to make me feel better, are you?"
"Oh, goodness no! I really do think you're nice…a bit anti-social, but nice!" Raven smiled a bit.
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it! So, are there any other guys you like?" Raven looked shocked by Lilith's statement.
"L-like? N-n-o…why would I l-like any other st-stupid guys?" Raven said nervously. Lilith giggled.
"Hey, I'll tell you first," She said. Raven shrugged.
"Okay, whatever." Lilith's eyes misted over.
"We're looking for him," She said, "His name's Riku. He's really nice. We relate so easily; it's kinda like we're almost exactly alike and we're meant to be. He looks almost…god-like, too. I'll admit, he's got a couple personal problems that I want to help him with, but I really do like him…" she sighed. Raven rolled her eyes.
"That's what everyone says," Raven said, "Teen romance usually doesn't last." Lilith sighed.
"Okay, who do you like? And you have to tell me, since I told you." Raven blushed ever so slightly and stared down at the floor. She could feel her emotions running wild from just talking to Lilith, and losing control of her emotions was NOT good. If she lost control of her emotions, her powers would go crazy as well.
"Uh…"
"Oh, come on."
"Well…you have to understand that it's not easy to talk about this kind of stuff for me. My powers are controlled by emotion. The more I feel, the more things happen. Bad things. I'm really surprised something hasn't exploded by now."
"Want me to just guess, and you nod if I get it right?"
"What? No, I-" But Lilith had already started to guess.
"Is it Robin?"
"No. It's kind of obvious he likes Starfire."
"Oh. Well, what about Cyborg?"
"…No."
"Beast Boy?" Raven's emotions then went on overload. She quickly covered Lilith's mouth with her powers.
"Don't tell. Please, please don't tell," She whispered, looking slightly worried and glancing around, expecting books to start shooting out of the shelves. Lilith gave Raven an 'I'll-never-tell' look, and Raven, looking relieved, released her hold on her powers. Lilith was able to talk again.
"No telling, I swear," Lilith said. Raven looked even more relieved than before.
"Maybe we should start looking again," Raven suggested, feeling better than she had in days, "The others will be wondering what we're doing by now." Lilith nodded in agreement and they quickly walked towards the others, who were searching the back of the library. Helena was the only one that spotted them come back, or even noticed that they were gone.
"Where were you guys?" Helena asked in a whisper. Lilith put a finger to her lips and continued to look around. As this happened, Raven once again slunk to the back. She then suddenly gasped. The Mark of Scath suddenly appeared on her forehead. She quickly pulled her hood up, but that didn't matter, as a secret passage to an underground area appeared as if from nowhere. Everyone gasped in surprise.
"Whoa, how did that happen?" Sora asked, looking at the passage suspiciously. Everyone else shrugged. As they entered the passage, Raven hung back, knowing how the passage got there. Oh no…Not this…
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Lilith was amazed. The passage had led to an underground room. It was rather plain, hewn perfectly from the dark stone. High above, statues shrouded in stone robes gazed on blankly, encircling the area. As Raven walked in behind the group, her whole body started to light up with swirls and symbols. Each statue's eyes lit up, and similar swirls etched on the wall lit up. The statues then started to…chant?
"De tijd is dichtbij,
De tijd is gekomen.
Het kind heeft gewekt.
De schaduwen zijn op zijn plaats.
Het eind van allen is dichtbij."
They were chanting in some strange language. Lilith immediately perked up.
"They're speaking in Demon, the language of where I live!" She exclaimed. "I can't believe it! Wow, what a weird chant!" She heard the rustle of a cloak behind her. She quickly spun around to see Raven fleeing through the passage. She followed Raven and called to her. The others looked at them, but Lilith could faintly hear Helena telling them not to worry. Raven stopped and turned around, clutching the cloak to her body.
"Where are you going?" She asked. Raven looked away.
"This place…I shouldn't be here…I have to leave."
"Then let me come with you! Where are you going, back to the Tower?"
"…Kind of. But you need to stay here, don't you?"
"Did you understand what they were saying?"
"I got a few parts, but that's not important."
"Yes it is! Lemme come with you!"
"…Fine." Raven turned and changed into a shadowy raven. Lilith followed her to the outside of the library. She saw Raven fly off into the distance. I need to follow her, she thought. She closed her eyes and focused. She felt a surge of power and adrenaline flowing through her body. She was transforming.
Her black and red wings burst forth from her back, but amazingly didn't break the shirt she was wearing. She could feel her small fangs become longer and sharper in her mouth. Her nails became claws, and a red jewel appeared in the center of her forehead. She was in her truest form, and she loved it. She started to run, and then jumped. Her great wings started to flap, and, all at once, she was flying. For an instant, all her troubles left her as she flew. It was almost like a strange ecstasy, really. Lilith then came back from fantasy land and focused on Titans Tower, and the shadow raven becoming closer and closer with every flap of her wings.
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When Lilith got to Raven's room (she had changed back to normal), she saw Raven already setting up for a spell.
"What are you doing?" Lilith asked. Raven turned to her.
"Something's up," She said, "And I need to tell you something so you can understand what's up."
"Okay; I'm all ears."
"Well…the day I was born…my future was looked into. I'm supposed to…destroy the world."
"Yeah, okay, so? Sorry to say I only know partially what you mean; I had a fake prophecy made about me that I would destroy the universe."
"Well, what did that chant mean? To me, it didn't sound like I thought a chant that talked about me destroying Earth was supposed to sound like."
"Oh, well, it went like this: 'The time is near, the time has come. The child has awakened. The shadows are in place. The end of all is near.' You sure it doesn't? And are you sure it's about you?"
"The part about the shadows. Darkness. It might have something to do with those Heartless."
"Maybe."
"You know more than you think, girls."
Both girls gasped as Slade emerged from Raven's window. He casually strode up to them.
"It does have something to do with the Heartless," He said. Lilith growled, and the Key Staff materialized in her hands.
"Leave now, or suffer the consequences," She said, glaring. Raven raised her hands, black orbs surrounding them.
"What do you want?" Raven asked. Slade folded his arms over his chest.
"My Lady needs you in her plans," Slade said, "She needs the Children of Darkness." Lilith gasped, but Raven looked confused. Slade took advantage of this as two Shadow Heartless came up from behind and grabbed Raven. She tried to break free of their grasp, and Lilith tried to help her, but the Heartless quickly made a portal behind them and ran into it, dragging Raven with them.
"NO! RAVEN!" Lilith shouted, but it was too late. The portal disappeared. Slade laughed.
"Did you really think you could save her? It's her fate. It's the fate of six others as well." Lilith growled.
"Don't lecture me, you bastard," She said in a low voice. She spun around to face him. "Where did they take her? Tell me NOW!"
"Why would I tell?" Slade said, "That takes the fun out of tormenting you brats." Lilith just couldn't take anything else from this guy. Raven had told her before all the horrible things this guy had done, and since he was pissing her off, her patience was done with him.
"ENOUGH!" she bellowed. She ran towards him and shoved the key teeth end of her staff straight into his chest, through his heart (if he ever had one), catching him off-guard. His only visible eye widened in shock, and he screamed. Lilith suddenly felt a strange power surge through her body. It seemed…pure. She barely noticed that the others had burst through the door. She yanked the Key Staff out of his chest. He immediately disintegrated, leaving behind his mask. It fell to the ground, and cracked in half on impact.
Lilith slumped to her knees. The strange, pure power had sapped all her energy. The world started to go out of focus, and she closed her eyes and fell to the ground, blacking out.
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A/N: Mwahahaha! Cliffhanger! Yes, I know cliffhangers suck. I wanted to do one world in one chapter, but this chapter is so long already that it'd probably get boring! And honestly, this is the longest chapter I've written so far. And I couldn't write for three days because my parents were taking us all over! I'm really sorry if this chapter is confusing, so long your eyes cramped, boring, took too long to update, or just plain sucked. I know I can't write fight scenes. Well, read and review please! Ja Ne!-AnimeDutchess
P.S.: The chant? It's in Dutch again! Not that it's a bad language, it's just…I would've done it in Japanese (I have nothing against that, either), but it only comes out as symbols! GRR!