Teen Titans – Video Games Are Fun!
17. Chapter 16: Fire Temple
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Poison Tree – Hey, thanks for reviewing! I sent that lemon to you… I think, so I hope you liked it! Oh, and thanks for giving me permission not to rock!
TDG3RD – Hey there man! Listen, I completely understand you being uncomfortable with the Terra/Wildebeest thing. I DID end up writing it, and it was pretty hard since I couldn't seem to put myself into the situation like I tend to do with my stories. I've always thought that Gorons looked like month old dog sht, so yeah.
Warprince2000 – Okay, thanks for actually giving me a review with some… substance, but could you please stop repeating yourself? If you're just gonna send me basically the same review over and over again, you can just stop reviewing. I'm sorry, but I always say what I think. I'm not gonna end up like that kid who holds everything in until I create a doomsday device, make it shiny, and give it to… any of the girls at my school…
Overactive Mind – Thank you. I'm glad you like it so much. Let's just assume that Beast Boy had some kind of flashback involving Cyborg, and I just couldn't think of anything to put in. Plus, I was getting bored with such a long chapter. As for Gramma Hatchet, you can thank my mom for that one. She's very enjoyable to be around if you get her. But then again, that could just be the unhealthy codependent relationship speaking! As for the T/W lemon, I completely understand and accept your opinion. Just because I'm disturbed doesn't mean that you have to be. I accept people of all genders, faiths, ethnic backgrounds, and sexual preferences(no matter how oddly specific). The only people that I don't accept are those who don't accept me… stupid rambling! By the way, thanks for clearing up that whole… word… thing!
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Mrbeans – Thanks for the review, both to the fic and my first lemon! Just 'cause you asked, I'm a guy. I'm surprised that it took somebody this long to ask actually. I know that I have a very feminine writing styling. But, just out of curiosity, what exactly made you wonder?
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What you said, correct or not, is completely meaningless. I shall explain why right here and right now…
1). This story is based off of the cartoon version of Teen Titans, and the only medium where the characters have actual ages is in the comic. So, his age could be very different in the cartoon, so for my purposes, I'm using the lack of an accepted age to make things easier for me. Many authors on this site do the same thing, and in much more insulting situations.
2) Even if Wildebeest was young on the show, it's been at least three years since the series, which adds at least three years to his age, which gives me even more leniency.
3) Lastly, even if Wildebeest was only ten, he's an animal thing. So logically, he hit puberty at a much younger age than any of the other Titans. So, even if you are right, it doesn't matter.
But, thanks for the review anyways!
A/N: I apologize greatly for the inconvenience that was my recent lack in updates. You have the new chapter now, and everything's cool.
But, I do have one thing that I want to mention, 'cause it really bothers me when people do this. Why would anybody refuse to review throughout the entirety of the story, or only send one… crappy review, then complain about the lack of a new chapter(You know who you are!)? That's just rude.
And now, onto the chapter!
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I groaned audibly when I saw what we'd have to do to enter the temple. I wonder if this world has Advil…
I found myself silently debating with… myself. Should I continue to hide my problem and try to float down the hole, or should I swallow my pride and climb down? I decided that to hover. This decision taught me why pride is considered most dangerous of the seven deadly sins.
At first, I was doing pretty well. I was hovering down the hole slowly but steadily and Beast Boy wasn't having any trouble keeping up. But all of a sudden, I found myself plummeting down to the bottom… for about half a second.
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I knew that there was something wrong with Raven. Normally, she would be hovering down the hole at twice as fast as I could climb, and judging from recent mood swings, she's not doing it for me.
I kept an extremely close eye on her as we went down. I noticed her falter slightly at one point. But, she either ignored it or hadn't noticed it. Then, there was another falter and she began to drop. I caught her hand before she even made it an inch.
"Okay Raven" I began, now agitated myself. "Tell me what's going on… NOW!"
"Well, I'm currently dangling about… twenty yards above solid ground and I think I just threw up in my mouth a little" she replied dryly.
"I could drop you" I said, glaring at her with my annoyance displayed upon my face.
"You wouldn't" she said, smugly.
"Watch me" I said slowly, almost at a whisper.
She released an extremely long breath before looking back up at me. "Fine" she began. "I'm having trouble controlling my emotions. Happy?"
"Does it have anything to do with what I did in the city?" I asked, not completely satisfied.
"Yes, but you know how I feel about touching."
I sighed and shook my head. "Fine, good enough. I'm gonna get you closer to the ladder and I need you to grab it with your other hand."
"Fine."
With that, we put my little plan into action and soon, we had reached the bottom and stood at the temple entrance.
I looked over at Raven to see that she was looking back at me.
"Truce?" she asked shortly.
"Truce" I confirmed with a nod and a slight smile.
Upon entering, we found ourselves in a large chamber with a staircase directly before us. I gestured for Raven to follow as I went up the stairs. At the top of the stairs, we found that there was a door to either side of us.
"Which way now?" Raven asked, seemingly to herself.
I gestured for her to keep following me as I approached the door to our left and opened it. I did the "ladies first" gesture and Raven passed me, noticeably rolling her eyes.
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Rolling my eyes, I passed Beast Boy, subconsciously wondering what was to come. But, what I saw shocked me beyond all reason. Standing on a platform opposite the one that I currently occupied, was a massive… pointy… version of those Goron things. It was huge!
Suddenly, he stood and turned to face me. "Who are you?"
I just stared, unable to take my eyes off of his sickeningly muscular physique.
"This is Raven, and I'm Gar" replied Beast Boy after awhile. "Link is dead and we had to take his place."
"You're kidding… right?" asked the ginormous… pointy… turd.
I immediately broke into the conversation, not appreciating being judged. "Excuse me, but are you… a giant turd… judging US?"
"Do you have any idea who you are speaking to?" the turd asked, quickly becoming angered.
"Yes" I replied, feeling a smirk grow on my face. "You are king of the shit people. Who doesn't know that?"
"Who do you think you are, showing me this complete lack of respect?"
"Well…" I began, feeling my smirk grow. "My friend here is the carrier of the Master Sword and I hold the Ocarina of Time. So, I'm pretty sure that we're… at the least… on equal standing to your astounding girth."
"The Master Sword? Well, that's… something… I guess" the turd replied. "I guess that you at least deserve to be allowed to help… if you wish."
"That's why we're here" I replied in a perfectly flat tone.
"First, I am Darunia, leader of the Gorons" the now-named turd began. "The dragon Volvagia has been released by the King of Evil. The dragon now dwells in the chamber behind me as she grows in power. The Evil King's men attacked my city and abducted all of the Gorons, who are now held captive throughout the temple. It is said that…"
I was slightly surprised when Beast Boy interrupted his speech. "…Volvagia can only be defeated by the power of the Megaton Hammer. Yeah, we already know all this."
I gave Beast Boy a small, sidelong smirk to show my approval of his standing up to this massive man… turd… thing. I then continued with what he was probably about to say. "How about you just go and do… whatever you're going to do… and we'll take care of the Gorons? Sound good?"
"… I don't see why not…" was Darunia's hesitant response. Suddenly, he shook his head and continued quickly. "It's just that I was just about to tell you that exact thing." And with that, he turned and used some kind of spell to teleport himself into the temple.
"Well… that was… Be-Garfield?" I looked around myself finding that he had left as well.
"Over here, Rae!" he called from a nearby platform. I shook my head with exasperation and jumped over to join him.
Upon reaching the platform, I saw why Beast Boy had come over. Right in front of us was a Goron, locked in some kind of prison cell. I approached the cage and leant down to the quivering creature. "How do we get it out?"
As if on queue, and I'm wondering if that was the case exactly, the gate began to slide open. I turned around to see Beast Boy standing on a switch, looking far too proud of himself. I had to wipe that cocky grin from his face. "Congratulations, you pushed the button."
"Am I free? Can I go home?" the Goron asked from behind me. I turned to reply, but found myself held in an embrace to rival the patented Tamaranian death hug.
"D-don't… mention… it…" I choked out before the unpleasant smell… oh yeah… and the bone crushing force backed off. "Can you make it out on your own?" I asked, hoping with all I was for a "yes".
"I should be fine" the creature replied. Then, it ran to the edge of the platform. I expected it to just run right over the edge, but it rolled into a ball and bounced over to the other platform before going through the door.
"Well… that was…" I began, unable to find a suitable adjective.
"… creepy?" Beast Boy supplied as he, too, leapt over to the main platform before waiting for me so we could continue.
"Okay, now what?" I asked, looking at the room before me. All I could see from my viewpoint was a big fence with a gap leading into a chamber with a hole in the center. At seemingly random intervals, a pillar of fire would shoot up from the hole in the floor all the way up to a ceiling that I couldn't even see.
"Don't worry" replied Beast Boy. "I remember this room."
With that, he pulled out the hookshot, shot it at the fence, causing it to hook between two of the chains on the fencing, effectively jerking him over to the fence. He seemed like he was about to fall into the lava below, but he grabbed on at the last moment. I heard him muttering about something… mutter-worthy, as he climbed toward the top of the fencing.
When he got to the top, I could hear him launch the hookshot two more times. After that, there was a loud scraping sound, followed by a massive block landing on the fire hole. Beast Boy then landed on top of the block.
"Come on, Rae!" he shouted, gesturing energetically. "Before it goes up!"
But, I was already running at the block. I heard the sound of something boiling up from below the block just as I leapt for its edge. Just as I got ahold of the edge, the platform began to rise, rather quickly. I expected to get my fingers crushed as my head smashed into the ceiling, effectively removing me from this mortal plain. But, I was suddenly jerked up onto the block by Beast Boy just before the block passed through the opening.
I closed the door behind me to find another room predominated by lava. I took a quick look around to find that the room was basically devoid of anything that could attack us. I sighed with relief. But then, I noticed just how hot this room really was. The tunic was hardly even helping.
"Can we rest?" I heard Beast Boy ask, as he seemed to notice the same factors as myself.
"I don't see why not, I replied, leaning against the wall and wiping the sweat from my brow.
"So, how many Gorons have we freed?" he asked, probably just trying to make conversation or something.
Deciding that his question actually warranted a response, I started to count them off on my fingers. "There was that first one, then the two in the room across from him, and those two from that rock maze."
"Okay… there should be five more."
"Ten in all?" I asked rhetorically. "How convenient."
With that, I walked along the thin pathway toward the main area of the room. I found that their were pieces of metal grating spanning the entire room, creating some kind of bridge across the lava. I was just about to jump over to the first bit of grating when somebody… I wonder who… used my shoulders as a catapault to launch himself nearly to the other end of the room. I thought about shouting at him, but there was suddenly a wall of fire rising behind me, decreasing what I was about to say to a quick "Fuck!" as I began to leap across the grating…
"Fire" I said, officially exasperated. "Why is it always FIRE?"
"Maybe 'cause it's the 'Fire' Temple!" Beast Boy called back from the switch.
He said that the plan was simple, and really, it was. I would stand right next to the wall of fire. He would memorize the route through the fire maze. After which, he'd hit the switch to extinguish the wall of fire, allowing me to pass easily. He would then take the route as quickly as possibly as to make it through the maze…
Seventeen tries later, he had seven small burns and a possible concussion. Don't ask about the concussion. Eight more tries after that, he just barely made it. In my annoyance, he received another possible concussion. Once again, don't ask.
I tried to open the door, but found that there was no doorknob… and that it had a rather rubbery texture. Then, it began to jiggle about rather nauseatingly. I had no idea what was happening, so I just stood there, staring. The door suddenly flew towards me. Expecting to be struck, I covered my face, but all I felt was myself getting yanked into a warm embrace. Oddly enough, even with the immense heat of the temple, I still enjoyed the warm contact.
I looked up to see Beast Boy looking down at me, grinning with one eyebrow raised. He looked positively… I don't know…
"You're not being very smart today, are you" he asked, grinning wider.
"You're just cashing in for all the times I've saved you" I responded, pulling away roughly. "So, how do we kill this thing?"
"Normally, you'd have to use a bomb, but we've already used up the ones I bought yesterday."
"Okay… then…?"
"Try a fireball" he said waving his hand dismissively.
Suddenly, an idea struck as I looked back at the wall of fire behind us. "Gar, move!" I shouted pointing one hand at the wall of fire while focusing on a single point. I then pointed my other hand at the door and focused on my fire powers.
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I have no idea what Raven's up to, but I decided to move. After taking an adorable pose, if I do say myself, a pillar of fire shot from the firewall to her hand. Yeah, that is the right order. Her body began to glow with a reddish hew, then another pillar shot from her other hand at the door, affectively melting it to a puddle of goo while blasting a hole through the wall behind.
She opened her eyes and examined her handy work. "Found the door" she said, sending me a "beat that" smirk. I sighed and followed her through the hole, then the door.
The next room was quite as I had expected. There was a flaming platform in the center… and a deep maniacal laughter… oh fuck!
"Raven, back off!" I shouted shoving her against the wall as some kind of massive flaming demon leapt from the fire. It was mostly red with a black thing where its head would be.
"What the hell is that?" she asked, in a slightly nervous tone.
"It's called a Flame Dancer… hence the flaming dance… just let me take of it!"
"… fine" she replied hesitantly.
"Now, don't go getting all damselly on me!" I called as I pulled out the hookshot and ran up to confront the demon.
First, I shot the hookshot as it was spinning around in tiny circles. When it collided, the black core was pulled right up to me, distinguishing the flames. Remembering how this thing would normally run back and forth causing me to have to slash at it until it finally dropped dead, I decided to take a different approach.
I grabbed it by one arm and held it up in to examine it. I drew the Master Sword and jammed the blade straight through the center of the creature. Its blood sprayed in all directions, nearly covering my front, but I just held it. the flow quickly faltered to a drip as the creature hung lifelessly from my hands.
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I just stared, slightly shocked as he flicked the sword, sending the little black turnip… thing flying against the wall. The flames dissipated slowly, creating a strange shift in the room's shadows, making Beast Boy look positively insane as he turned to look at me with his blood stained face.
I involuntarily backed up a step, then mentally kicked myself for being so irrational. "B-Gar, are you alright?" I asked more quietly than I had planned.
"Fine, why?" he asked, suddenly grinning widely. But, the normally cute… did I just say cute… grin now was taking on a borderline psychotic appearance.
"Oh, how blood can make even the most innocent look mad" I said, forcing myself to calm down and approach him.
"Oh, Rae!" he said in a bit of a gasp. "I'm sorry… I guess that I do kind of look…"
"…creepy?" I supplied, honestly smiling at him. "Where to now?"
"That platform should take us upstairs" he responded, attempting to wipe some of the blood from his face. He then leapt up on the platform and turned back to help me up.
I looked at his blood drenched hand disgustedly, then turned my head up to look in his eyes. "No offense, but I'll do it myself." I joined him on the platform and quickly whispered something into his ear as it began to rise…
"Don't you dare go crazy on me now."
It was another one of Beast Boy's brilliant plans… an oddly familiar brilliant plan.
"Ready?" I called over to him as he stood about three feet from the enormous treasure chest surrounded by… more… flames.
He just gave me a thumbs-up sign, signaling my portion of the plan. I stepped down on the floor switch, causing the flames around the treasure chest to fade. Beast Boy went over to the chest and opened it. I would've continued watching him, but was quite distracted by the switch suddenly popping up, knocking me on my butt. "Typical" I muttered, climbing back to my feet.
When I looked back up at Beast Boy, he had transformed his arms to resemble those of a gorilla and was carrying the biggest, most painful looking hammer I've ever seen.
"Got it!" he shouted as he came running back far too quickly for anybody carrying a hammer of that size.
I just walked over to the platform that he had identified as the one that we would take down to the lower floor. When he stepped up next to me, I began to feel my sarcasm senses tingling. "I'd say something about you compensating for something, but I'll save that for later."
He just rolled his and slammed the hammer down on the platform, creating an ominous rumbling, and we were falling.
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After a long while of brain shaking hammer slams and vertigo inducing falls, we finally arrived back in the room before the boss room.
"So, how many Gorons have we gotten so far?" I asked, turning to Raven who was already counting on her fingers.
"Well, since the last time you asked, we saved that one above the rock maze, the one below the rock maze, and the two from the rooms around the fire maze."
"One to go, and I know exactly where it is!"
I almost laughed when Raven looked anxiously at the door that we've been ignoring since entering the temple. We stood before a statue that was separated into three segments. I smashed the bottom layer, sending it into a wall, and bringing the other two layers down. I repeated the basic process twice and we were standing in front of another door.
"If that door magically brings us straight to the other one here, I'm gonna shoot myself" Raven said bluntly from my left.
"You can try" I said, smiling slightly. "But, guns probably haven't been invented in this world quite yet."
"I'll find a way" was all she said.
I laughed again and opened the door. Raven was just about to pass through when I looked her in the eye, taking on a serious manner. "The next few rooms are gonna be the hardest in the temple. Just a fair warning…" I plopped a grin back on my face. "… not that any of it'll be anything we can't handle."
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The two of us stumbled exhaustedly into the hallway containing the cell with the final Goron. I wiped a chunk of drying blood from my face and turned to glare at Beast Boy.
"Hey, I said I was sorry!" he exclaimed, waving his hands in front of his face.
"Why do you always do these kinds of things?" I asked, shaking my head in annoyance. Did I say something about Advil earlier? 'Cause I REALLY need it now.
"Listen, it's almost over" Beast Boy said, taking my bloody hand into his own. "Then, we can go back to the inn… wash up… go to sleep…"
"You really know how to raise a girl's spirits" I muttered sarcastically as I stood. "Just open the cell so we can get on with this."
With a nod, Beast Boy went over to the switch. He tried to press it down, but found that it wouldn't budge. "Dammit" he said exasperatedly. He pulled out the, his arms now resembling those of a gorilla once again and slammed it down on the switch.
The gate slid open… and another one behind it did the same, revealing the door beyond. The Goron looked up at us, at first looking grateful. But, when he saw us, covered in blood, looking generally bothered, he screamed and ran away.
"Well, I feel sexy" I muttered, once again sarcastically.
Suddenly, I heard a whisper in my ear. "You look beautiful to me…" I flung my hand out in the direction of the voice thinking that it was some perverted monster or something.
"What the fuck was that for?" Beast Boy shouted, climbing back to his feet from his prone position against the wall.
I felt myself blush slightly, both from the embarrassment from being so paranoyed, as well as what he had said to me. "Well… don't sneak up on me like that."
With that, I left the room and the little snotball behind to recover.
Standing back in front of the final door, I glared at Beast Boy as he joined me. I was just about to pass through the door when he handed a jar to me out of nowhere.
"What's this?" I asked, eyeing the contents suspiciously.
"It's water" he replied, taking a large gulp from an identical bottle in his own hand.
"How can that be at all refreshing?" I asked, honestly curious.
"I paid some old lady to enchant it so it would stay cold, even in a… volcanic… climate."
I eyed the water for a bit longer. But, when Beast Boy took another long drink and nothing bad seemed to be happening, I popped the cork keeping it closed and put my finger into the liquid. I found, to my pleasure, that it was in fact, cold! I began to drink from it in a way that I knew looked quite unladylike, but I didn't care. I was parched!
I was very disappointed when the water was gone and I just stared, forlorn at the jar in my hand.
"Don't start crying now" Beast Boy said with a bit of a smirk. "We don't need you using up any of that water now, do we?"
I tried to glare at him, but the feeling of cold water in my stomach just made me so happy that I couldn't pull it off.
With a sigh, Beast Boy looked at me seriously and approached the door, the Boos Key in hand. He shoved it forcefully into the lock and turned it. At first, it resisted, but soon it turned and the lock fell to the floor, causing the door to open automatically.
I returned Beast Boy's look and we entered, the door shutting behind us.
I looked around the massive chamber. We were standing on an average sized platform, facing towards the center of the room. The majority of the chamber was taken up by an enormous octagonal platform with multiple little fire pits strewn about in an… oddly formulaic fassion…
"So…" I began, selecting my words carefully. "Will I be of any use here?"
"Probably not" Beast Boy replied without hesitation. "Sorry, but the only thing I should need is the hammer."
I nodded and said "Fine then. Good luck" as he jumped over to the main central platform. He looked back at me worriedly. Taking the hint, I dropped down to a lower platform and attempted to get into a position where I would be out of sight… but still be able to watch.
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I just stood there for awhile, waiting for something to happen. I knew that Raven was as safe as she could be under the circumstances, so I could focus all my energy upon the boss. With my already gorilla-like arms, I lifted the hammer in a defensive position, prepared for the dragon, should she try to take me by surprise.
Suddenly, there was a low rumbling accompanied by a slight earthquake. I held the hammer tighter, and waited for the fight to begin. Volvagia burst from a lava pit to my left. I dropped the hammer from my left hand as to use my shield to block the flames coming from the dragon's mouth.
As soon as she was finished, she went into a pit somewhere to my right. I reattached my shield to my back and lifted the hammer once again. It was only then that I realized just how annoying this fight would be…
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I watched from the safety of my ledge as the dragon flew back into another lava pit. I felt my muscles involuntarily tighten as I waited for her to emerge again.
After a few seconds, fire began to spew from one of the pits. Beast Boy dashed over and reached it just as Volvagia emerged. But, instead of flying about like before, she just stayed, partially emerged, preparing some kind of attack. But, the attack never came as the hammer swished through the air, colliding with the dragon's cranium with a resounding crack.
I smiled too myself as the dragon fell, stunned, to the ground. Beast Boy took this opportunity to bring the hammer down upon her flaming head. You could imagine my surprise when the dragon didn't die right on the spot. Her skull should be crushed!
She reacted to the attack by flying all the way from the pit and flying in a wide circle, spewing flames randomly. She was circling back around toward Beast Boy, intent on scorching him. I felt quite pleased when Beast Boy performed the same action as before, blocking the dragon with his shield. But suddenly, she swiped her clawed hand at Beast Boy, knocking the shield from his hand and throwing him off balance. He tried to right himself, but her other hand collided with his side, revealing raw muscle.
I leapt to my feet and virtually flew over to the platform, worried for Beast Boy's life. I saw the hammer lying on the ground in his limp arm. I grabbed it in the middle of a roll, as to avoid any attacks from the dragon. Feeling my emotions break somewhat free from their bonds, I found the entire hammer to be incased in flames. "You like fire?" I shouted, feeling my rage grow, only increasing the intensity of the flames. "Let's see how you like this!" I screamed. Just as I threw the hammer, the flames had turned an odd shade of white.
As the hammer sliced through the air towards the dragon, I found myself fleetingly wondering what had become of that Darunia guy… and the hammer collided…and there was a flash of blinding light… and… her head was… gone…
The hammer landed a few yards behind the writhing, headless serpentine creature as it faded from existence… showing itself to be nothing more than pure fire…
I ran over to Beast Boy to examine his wound. I winced as I saw the revealed muscle and even a little bone. "Oh, fuck…" I muttered quietly. "Gar… you'd better be alive…"
I felt for a pulse and sighed as I felt it. It was weak but even.
"R-Rae… grab the hammer… " I heard him say quietly, obviously in great pain.
"I have to heal you!" I said, feeling a strange burning in my eyes.
"I… can wait… for a… second… " he said quietly before falling unconscious once more.
I ran over to the hammer and tried to lift it… but felt my arm nearly be pulled from its socket. So, I just dragged it over to Beast Boy. Finally holding both of them, I dragged them, Beast Boy, hammer and all towards the blue portal a few feet away… and the white light enveloped us, bringing us to…
…the Chamber of Sages…
I dropped to my knees, cradling Beast Boy in my arms, feeling the burning in my eyes grow as my chest became tight.
"Your healing power should work here… Azarathian mystic…" I looked up quickly to see the unusually large Goron smiling calmly down on me.
I turned back to Beast Boy and laid him down flat. I rubbed my hands together and placed them against the wound. I said my mantra; "Azarath… Metrion… Zynthos…" My hands lit up with my lighter powers and began to filter into and around the wound… repairing broken flesh, muscles, and… other injured things…
After a good five minutes, the wound was healed and Beast Boy's eyes fluttered open as he sat up. "R-Raven?" He began to look around frantically, but calmed when he saw Darunia standing upon his emblem.
"I misjudged you" Darunia said, rubbing the back of his turdish neck.
"Yeah, maybe I did too…" I replied quietly. "But, you're still an overgrown piece of shit."
"You're not the first to make that comparison, so stop acting so cocky" Darunia said, eyeing me irritably. "Anyways, for your display of such great cunning and bravery, I grant you the Fire Medallion, brother."
I raised my eyebrow at his new title for… me… and was just about to say something when a red pillar of energy was shot at the ceiling. Sighing, I prepared to receive the new medallion, but it descended to in front of Beast Boy. I looked back at the Goron, my eyebrow raised even more.
"Just because I now respect you doesn't mean that I must like you" was all he said as Beast Boy grabbed the medallion, still looking dazed.
When the bluish light dissipated again, we were back in the Death Mountain Crater, upon the TriForce symbol before the temple. Feeling the oppressing heat return after our little break, we both raced back to the cave entrance as quickly as possible.
When we arrived back in Darunia's room, we found his son, Link, waiting for us.
"Did you find my dad?" he asked excitedly.
Suddenly struck by understanding, I went over to the small Goron and took his oddly non-crap-like hand into mine. "I'm sorry… he won't be coming back."
"I-is he… ?"
"No…" I replied, giving him a reassuring smile. "He's just needed somewhere else… for awhile…"
He perked slightly at that and said "Well, thanks for saving the other Gorons, then."
I nodded and he left us alone in the chamber.
I turned to look at Beast Boy… who was about ready to crack up.
"What is it?" I asked, already annoyed.
"He… Darunia… called you… BROTHER!"
A/N: So, what'd you think? I'd like at least four reviews before I'll update. Seeing the current pattern, that shouldn't take too long. Y'all can expect another chapter the middle of next week, if not earlier.
Okay, there's been something that I've been meaning to ask since about Chapter 2. What originally attracted you to this fic? Was it;
A) The title?
B) My penname?
C) The summary?
D) Or just the pairing?
You don't have to answer, but I'd really like to know. I'm just a curious person by nature, so y'know…
By the way, I've decided to do some trivia from this point on. I mean, I'm just over halfway done with this fic and where's a better place to start?
Your first question is pretty simple if you know things.
Raven's mother's name is Arella. This is actually a Latin word. What does it translate too?
The first person to answer correctly will get the next chapter dedicated to them!
Signed,
The Cheese!