Superman/batman #83

Chapter 3

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Raven walked down the hall out of her first period, she literally zoomed past Mary and the others all to escape having to chaperone the new student. As cute as he was she had things to do before she went home, none of them—to her somewhat dismay—involved some tall pale and cloaked in black. Lost in thought, Raven hadn't realized Klarion was in front of her until she bumped into him. She looked up at him as he grinned.

"Raven." He said softly, Raven stared, her face turning slightly red. She then cleared her throat and composed herself.

"Alright listen up…uhm…" she mumbled scrambling to find his name, what the heck, she just heard it a minute ago.

"Klarion." He said his smile slipping, "Klarion Bleak."

"Uh right—anyway listen to me and listen well." Raven said, "I don't have time to show you around, I've got a bunch of things to do."

"Like school work?" Klarion teased, Raven frowned.

"Like too personal for you." She said, then turned only to be stopped when Klarion grabbed her by the arm. On a reflex Raven spun around and slammed Klarion into the lockers behind them.

"Don't ever grab me like that again!" she growled, Klarion stared, that wasn't the reaction he was expecting.

"Um…I'm sorry…" He said, standing. Raven crossed her arms, "Let me make it up to you."

"And how do you plan to do that?" Raven asked narrowing her eyes. Klarion gave a sly smirk.

"How bout a date tonight?" He asked slyly, Raven cocked an eyebrow; that was a bold move. Raven smirked and went to answer but was interrupted by Mary and Megan walking up to her.

"Hey Rave," Mary said completely ignoring Klarion's existence. Behind her he scowled.

"uhm Hey Mary." Raven said. Megan and Mary leered at Klarion and then smiled at Raven.

"Hey what'd you think of that play in class?" Megan asked, Raven shrugged, they were going over the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare.

"Seemed like some tragic love story. Why?" she asked. Megan paused.

"Well, Mary told me about how much you like old stories like that." She said, and just like that Raven was absorbed into the conversation with the two girls. In the background Klarion glared, Zatanna was trying to push him out. Well if that's how she wanted to play it.

"So are you ready for our history test today Raven?" Megan asked as Klarion raised his hand to cast a spell.

"Actually I'm ditching again today." Raven said, Klarion paused.

"What why?" Mary asked. Raven smiled.

"There's a new store that opened up next to the Magic Box store." She said, "Supposed to have a wider selection of Witchcraft stuff."

"Oh I wish you'd spend more time here instead of with those books." Mary said, Raven shrugged.

"And I wish you were more open minded to my hobbies." She said, Mary bit her lip as Klarion grinned in the background. He then pushed his way through Megan and Mary.

"I know that place," He said, "Maybe I could go with you, make up for my bad first impression."

"Do whatever you want…" Raven said, once again forgetting Klarion's name. "But anyway I'm leaving."

"I'll go too." Megan said, Raven stared then turned toward the door.

"Like I said do what you want I'm going either way." She said, then walked off toward the exit. Mary glared at Klarion.

"I don't know what kind of game you're playing, Klarion, but don't for a second think you can touch my friend." She hissed, Klarion turned to her and glared.

"You're getting on my nerves." He said in a dark tone, "I'll be glad when Raven gets her memory back, and I'm going to enjoy watching her hunt you down."

Klarion then turned and followed after Raven without hearing what Zatanna had to say next. She stared after him.

"M'gaan, let's go, we've got to keep an eye on him. He's going to try something." She said, M'gaan stopped her, "What are you doing?"

"If you skip class she'll know something's up, she's already onto that whole dream idea." M'gaan explained. Zatanna nodded as M'gaan went after them both, leaving Zatanna behind who was feeling a bit worried.

~0~

"So you followed me after all eh?" Raven asked, she was still far ahead of Klarion and her back was to him. Klarion nodded and ran to catch up with her.

"It doesn't seem as though you're other friend is coming however." He said now walking by her side.

"Who? Megan?" Raven asked, "Nah, she's not really my friend."

Klarion gave a look of slight confusion.

"She's more Mary's friend than mine, you know the blond girl that was with her." Raven explained, "She and her boyfriend Conner, they're Mary's friend from a different school I guess, I'm not sure, but they're Mary's friends, Mary's my only friend."

"I could remedy that." Klarion said smoothly. Raven paused.

"What's your name again?" She asked. Klarion narrowed his eyes, was this a joke? This was the third time she had forgotten his name. She wasn't this forgetful when he first met her.

"Klarion." He said…again. Raven nodded.

"Right, Klarion…" She said then something clicked in her head, "Say your name, it sounds…familiar. Do I know you?"

Klarion smiled a bit, as Raven looked him over, trying to think of where she could have possibly heard that name before. Finally she shook her head.

"Nah, never mind." she said, "I can't remember."

"There's be a reason for that." Klarion mumbled, Raven gave him a look.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Ok…then…" Raven said, "You said you've heard of that new place right? Did your old town have one or something?"

"Not exactly," Klarion said, "But something very close. Maybe I could take you there sometime."

"Your magic shop?" Raven asked.

"My home town." Klarion corrected. Raven stared at him, this boy, he was strange. The way he acted, the way he dressed, and there was something else about him she couldn't put her finger on. Everything about him—thought strange—seemed so very familiar. He was so…mysterious to her. she smirked.

"Sounds cool," She said crossing her arms, "So about that date you were asking for…"

"Yes?" Klarion asked coolly.

"That was a bold move, asking me out like that." She said, "I kinda like that, so sure I'll go out with you."

Klarion smirked, "Perfect, I can pick you up at your house—"

"No!" Raven said quickly, Klarion stared in confusion at Raven's sudden panic, "I mean, how bout we just meet somewhere?"

Klarion scowled, things must have gone back to the way they were before Raven had met Klarion. Which means her father was a drunken waste of space and her mother had gone back to pretending as though nothing happened between the father and Raven.

"Alright then…" He said hesitantly, "We can meet here if you prefer."

"Cool." Raven said, "Well I should get goin' see ya."

Klarion watched as Raven walked away. She must have forgotten all about the magic shop. He smirked which then soon turned into a deep scowl. If Raven's life had gone completely back to normal, he would need to act quickly and take her away before her father ended up killing her.

"I should check on Teekl tonight, if something happens tonight I'll just take her then." He said then snapped his fingers and disappeared. Not far from the duo M'gaan was floating above where the duo stood.

"Oh this is not good." She mumbled she had overheard everything the two were talking about. Most noteworthy was of course the part where Raven was starting to recognize Klarion, "I've got to inform everyone."

~0~

"Home." Raven muttered—mostly to herself. She then noticed that the house was somewhat empty. She usually did her best to avoid the two adults that brought her life, but still was the house always this empty? Raven shrugged.

"Doesn't matter, I've got the house to myself." She said then walked toward her room and heard meowing, she smirked as she opened her bedroom door and saw five cats sitting on her bed.

"I take that back," She said, "Hello strays."

Raven walked over to her desk and groaned, she had completely forgotten to stop by that new shop. She blamed the boy, what was his name again? Dang it! She had forgotten again! She let out a growl of annoyance.

"Why is it so darn hard to remember his name?!" She shouted, then sighed and sat down and looked over to the cats that looked back at her, "Hey guys, I've got a date soon."

One of the cats meowed and jumped onto Raven's desk, it was the cat she had brought home the night before. It sat in front of her on the desk and stared at her. Raven let out a sigh.

"Hello strange cat." She said scratching the cat behind the ears, it purred as Raven began petting his neck. It was then she felt a collar around his neck. Raven gave a look of surprise.

"You're not a stray are you?" She asked, the cat meowed, "Who do you belong to?"

Raven then brought the cat closer to her and checked the tags. It wasn't exactly the most traditional cat collar or tag, it was a small red gemstone set in silver with black velvet keeping it around the cat's neck.(At least I assume it's velvet) she flipped it over and founds rune writing on the back.

"Runes?" She mumbled, that was unusual, did the owner have it costume made? If so this cat was very spoiled. The cat mewed in her arms as she reached over to one of her books and smirked.

"And Mary says my books are useless." She snorted, then began looking up the translation to the cat's tags.

"T…E…" She mumbled looking through the alphabet and translating as she went, "L…Teekl?"

The cat meowed.

"Strange name for a cat," Raven said holding Teekl up in front of her, he stared back at her slightly annoyed, "But it definitely suits you…Teekl. So who do you belong to?"

Raven shrugged, "Maybe I'll put up found posters of you, see who shows up."

Teekl meowed a pawed at Ravens face making her smile a bit. Raven then sighed, this was the first time she ever came home while skipping class. Well it wasn't the first but it was the first in a long while. Home was a place she avoided, to her it wasn't necessarily the safest place in the world. It was a horrible reoccurring nightmare that never stopped. Ever since the plant her father worked at shut down he had clung to the bottle. Teekl meowed snapping Raven from her thoughts, she looked down at the cat, who she was hugging tightly. Raven released Teekl apologetically.

"Sorry Teekl." She mumbled, she then sighed and stood up and moved to her bed where she plopped down with the other strays as they then gathered around her. Raven smiled as she then began to fall asleep.

~0~

Later that night as Raven lied sleeping, Klarion had teleported into her bedroom. As he sat in her room he began to watch her sleep. Teekl meowed at Klarion from Raven's bed. Klarion scowled.

"If you're just now going to comment on how this looks, you're a little late Teekl." He said, Teekl's tail twitched with annoyance as Klarion walked over to Raven's bed side. He reached out a hand to stroke her cheek, when she suddenly began to stir. Klarion tensed if she woke up with him there it could be problematic. Klarion then sighed as Raven simple rolled over in her sleep.

"Klarion, not that I'm judging you on your choice of women, but why do you keep coming back for her?" Teekl mewed. Klarion scowled.

"That's a reason all to myself." He said, "I'm not going to tell you that."

"Stubborn Witch-boy."

"Stupid cat." Klarion snapped back, "Anyhow keep watch of her, I've got to go for now."

Teekl meowed as Klarion teleported out of the room. Teekl then looked to Raven who lied asleep beside him. He purred. He wasn't scolding Klarion by asking him about that. It was just very out of character for him to put this much into one human girl. It was all just strange to him.

The next morning Raven awoke to the sound of a crash. She sat up immediately and went downstairs. It was Saturday so what on earth could be going on so early in the dang morning? She was followed by Teekl—who stayed behind while the other cats had left that night.

"Mom? Dad? What's going on?" Raven asked, only to find that the house was actually empty. She scowled, "What in the world?"

Raven shook her head, then heard something stirring in the kitchen. Raven tensed and grabbed the nearest heavy object, which happened to be small cross statue. She then went to investigate the noise, when she entered the room she saw a familiar sight. She let out a sigh of relief.

"Jesus Conner! You gave me a friggin heart attack!" She shouted, Conner turned to Raven and shrugged.

"Sorry, you're door was open." He said, Raven cocked an eyebrow.

"Wait how do you even know where I live?" She asked, raising the cross again, "You're not some kind of psychopath murderer are you? Cause I may look scrawny, but I think I can take you!"

"No!" Conner growled his brow twitching at being called a psycho, "Your friend Mary told me where you lived, and asked if I'd check on you."

"Why?" Raven asked.

"You didn't call her after you're walk with that new boy." Conner explained, Raven sighed and ran a hand through her hair.

"Worry wart." She mumbled, lowering her weapon, "And you did as she asked because…?"

"Megan asked me to." He said calmly. Raven gave a nod.

"Uh-huh, at any point did it occur to you to knock?" She asked. Conner nodded.

"I did," He said, "For an hour."

Raven sighed, "Then what crashed?"

"I knocked over a chair." He mumbled, slightly embarrassed, Raven nodded again this time crossing her arms.

"Uh-huh, right. Well you've done and checked in on me, you can go now." She said. Conner scowled.

"What's your problem?" He growled, Raven scowled back.

"You mean besides a ten-foot tall testosterone boy breaking into my house?" she asked sarcastically. Conner paused, ok she had him on that one.

"Besides that," Raven said turning away to walk out the room, "it doesn't take a lot to see that you don't like me much. If it wasn't for your girlfriend you wouldn't even be here am I right?"

Conner nodded.

"So it's safe to say you don't like me and wouldn't have anything to do with me given the choice." She went on flipping her hair behind her shoulders, "So there's no point in us trying to be friends am I right? Though the question still come to mind; what did I do to make you hate me so much?"

Conner scowled, 'Where do I start?'

"I hadn't met you until earlier in the school year when you and Megan Moore transferred here from whatever school you attended," She continued, "Even then you gave me a look like I hate killed your dog."

'No but you came close.' Conner thought.

"Even Megan, despite her cheery attitude acts like I'm some sort of monster, I haven't done anything wrong." She said, "Not a thing, and yet I've got you and about half the school's population wishing I had never been born!"

At this point Raven's simple retort became a long winded question with a hint of hysteria. Conner scowled in confusion as Raven began to breakdown a bit.

"Everyone looks at me like I set the school on fire or something, at first I thought it was because of my anti-socialism, but then I noticed that these weren't the same. Before it was judgment now I don't know anymore. Even Mary looks at me like I'm some kind of monster…" She said, then turned to Conner with a hint of panic in her eyes. "So that begs the question, what did I do to make everyone hate me like this? Was my dream really a dream!?"

Ah so Raven's gone a bit over the edge, and with Conner with her too. So how will Conner take care of this? Maybe with his gentle approach to everything. Haha! See you later armadillos—unless I see you first! Haha! REVIEW!