4/2008: I rewrote everything.. all chaps... to satisfy myself... 8D
Oh yeah--if the words are italicized that means that they're thoughts... yeah... okeh:)
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Her Weakness
"You'll have do better than that, Robin."
A few days back, Robin came up with the clever idea of trying to get past Raven's defenses, which he himself proves to be utterly impossible. But then.."Nothing is impossible for the great Boy Wonder," he'd declare. After waking her early every morning, and dragging her straight into the training room, he would start thinking of more clever ideas to 'do the impossible'.
By clever ideas, we mean swinging his staff over and over.
"Correction. You'll have to do a whole lot better than that," she sighs, closing her eyes and sitting in her lotus position while keeping her magical barrier up.
There hasn't been any crimes reported recently. That's actually why Boy Wonder came up with the idea that he can get beat Raven's powers. Luckily, he never planned to use up Raven's afternoon, too.
… It won't be long till he would…
"Ha!" He swings another powerful one onto Raven's shield. The sound makes her open her eyes to check on its effect on the rest of the room.
"Impressive," Raven monotones, remaining unharmed. Robin stops his little frenzy and smiles. "But that really wouldn't do."
Robin wipes the sweat off his face and uses his staff to keep himself standing. "I'm not giving up that easily." Grinning, he sprints towards Raven and attempts to strike her once more. With his attack only meeting her shield, he swiftly tries to hit her back, still failing miserably.
With a sigh, Raven closes her eyes as he continues to mutter something like "Almost got it" every time he swings.
Hopeless…
After a short while of actual silence, she hears him talk again.. "... You know... You're actually kinda pretty.."
"What?—"
"Yaa!" Feeling her face turn red, she opens her eyes, only to find his staff quickly finding its way onto her head. Feeling the force push her onto the ground, she squints her eyes and keeps her hands on her head.
As she finally gets to regain full consciousness, Robin jumps back and guffaws. "Gotcha!" But, as Robin continues to laugh like a psychotic maniac, Raven starts to wonder if what she heard was true... doubting it completely after feeling her head throbbing some more.
"Can't believe you fell for that!" Robin laughs, clutching his stomach with his free hand.
Of course. A trick… "That did hurt, you know."
"Oh right," he manages through fits of laughs. "Need some ice for that?"
"Nevermind," Raven whispers, calmly pulling up her hood and walking out the training room. That's to hide the bump on her head if there is one and, too, to hide the small hint of red appearing on her face for falling for such a trick.
"Everyone has a weakness," Robin smiles, hurrying to catch up with her.
"Of course," she mutters. She, then, stops walking as they reach the door to her room. "I'll just be in my room." She opens it and enters.
"I know your weakness," she hears Robin tease. Turning, slightly pissed, she just finds him standing there, past the doorway, looking casual, as always. Noticing that she was looking at him, he raises an eyebrow, along with a small smile. "What?"
"What did you say?" Raven looks him in the eye.
"Everyone has a weakness..?"
"After that." Raven says.
"I--didn't say anything..." Robin starts to look confused and begins to think--probably trying to recall what he could have said.
He couldn't have said anything, she says in her mind, after seeing the bewildered look on Robin's face.
"Forget it." and she closes the door, leaving the puzzled Robin still standing behind it.
Removing her hood, Raven lies down and rests her head on her pillow. Staring at the ceiling, she starts thinking of what she just heard.
