Teen Titans – Video Games Are Fun!
21. Chapter 20: Flames of Pain & Passion
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Siren of Time – Hey, thanks for the review! I apologize, but Jewish Raven was a minor appearance emotion, like Bill Cosby. If you look back, you'll notice a lot of references to something happening in/near the Water Temple(check A/Ns). I just couldn't leave out that whole thing with Star! She just seems so naïve, that I had to make her extremely comfortable with sexual stuff… no matter how bizarre…
Mrbeans – 1. I liked that too. I was debating with myself about whether I should do what I did or make a different Raven break free as all the other emotions are losing, causing all of them to cry out "It's Chuck Norris!" due to the fact that Raven has a Chuck Norris-y side. 2. I honestly fail to see what you did in my battle sequence. It may have been better than some, but come on! I suck just a bit less than other people, nothing more. 3. I couldn't not have the kiss. 4. Sorry it took so long, but I'm in the process of making it up to all of you. Read the A/N at the chapter's end. Thanks for the review!
Overactive Mind – Yes, yes! The smooch has been… something… ified! I never really cared for King Zora. He scared me to the point where my feces gained a life of their own and escaped from my… self… to do… stuff… Translation: "Scared the living shit out of me!" So yes. He shall remain in his current icy state. As for the other spells, I have only one thing to say to you. Ain't that cute………… but it's WRONG! She's learning them, if it kills me… which is a definite possibility. By the way, could you stop making me feel dumb. You used another word I don't know, and ever since, I've been hearing it everywhere! What, I beg of you, does 'superfluous' mean?
Singofthelove – One cannot rush the creative… stuff! It may have happened, but there're still quite a few obstacles to come.
Norris-Finlay Hybrid – Don't worry, you are weird. You're name proves it.
Arsefart – Thanks, I'm trying. Sorry for the long wait, but I've got a nice treat for y'all!
TDG3RD – Thanks, and don't worry. I'm happy just as long as you keep reviewing occasionally. Ruto is a stupid bitch, and I rather dislike her(note the lack of the 'h' word). She deserves to wet her pants… or lack thereof. Hmmm… thereof…
DancingDivaXX – No, it's not over yet. If you could take the time to read my A/N's, you'd have noticed the direct mentioning of exactly how long this fic will be. As for everything else you said. I'm more likely to pay attention to somebody who reviews more than once. If you just joined in, I can't blame you for anything. But otherwise, for shame…
BeastBoy69 – You're extremely random. Did you know that? All is well as long as you keep up the review-y-ish-ness-ocity… whatever! Anyways, I've got a nice treat for you… and everybody else!
RaeFoxOni – It's okay. Just try not to get grounded. It's your body… well… hair… and should be something that you can control. My family's phylosiphy is that a person's body and everything attached to it, is the property of it's host, and no other's, not even those who made it… it! By the way, please refrain from 'squeeing' around me. It causes me to enter seemingly random fits of fruitless violence. You can 'squee' anywhere else, just keep it away from me. It just depresses me, seeing how far the actors of "Kids in the Hall" have fallen.
Sunkistgurl10 – Note to self: stay away from Indiana. Okay, done. Thanks for the… stuff and… more stuff! I find that denial can be an extremely powerful and difficult-to-overcome state of mind. It's also dumb, so it had to be heeled in the head by Lust, as hormones are normally able to overcome denial much better than regular emotions. As for the Blue Fire, it was a part of the game, and therefore somewhat necessary. And yes. It is quite bizarre. I'll give you that. Dude! I had no idea how preachy this review sounded!
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Terra's POV
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"Friend Terra?" I heard Star ask me from the door. I paused the game and turned to face her.
"Oh, hi Star" I said, forcing a smile.
"You are already playing the game? Have not friends Beast Boy and Raven only reached the Temple of Moisture?"
"Ummm…" was all I could force out as I attempted to decode her way of saying things. God, why does she talk like that? It's as if she's always trying to translate things for the first time. She always hears things in English! There's absolutely no reason for her to act like she's translating anything! Parrots are capable of perfect imitation, why isn't she? "I'm just gettin' ahead, Star."
"But…" she began, entering a thoughtful position. "Are you not already… ahead?"
"Not ahead enough…" I replied, finally deciding that I'd have to talk to her.
"You seem… distressed…" Star said softly. I'd forgotten just how observant she could be.
"I-I'm just worried 'bout BB and Rae…"
"What reason would there be for you to worry?" Star asked me, obviously not having been informed by Robin. Looks like her boytoy can keep secrets after all…
"BB's at the Water Temple… alone…"
Star gasped at that one. "But, why? What is wrong with Raven?"
"He wouldn't say…" I replied quietly. "But… he looked… anxious…"
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BB's POV
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Suddenly, my back was against the boss door, and Raven was leaning in towards me, instantly reminding me of the oddly similar event in the room with our shades. Once again, I stared in shock, but soon closed my eyes, realizing what was to come.
And our lips collided…
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Raven's POV
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I pulled away from his lips quite suddenly, and stared at him in shock. He looked back at me confused. Then, he realized and his eyes seemed to darken somewhat.
"Your-" I tried to explain, but he just pushed me away and opened the boss door.
"We should get this over with. It's late…"
I chased after him into the boss room. At first, I felt horrible, but instantly felt better as a plan came to mind. I'd just have to try again, and ignore… it…
I was just about to put the plan into action, when I felt something wrap around my ankle. I looked down to see… water?
"What the hell?" I found myself shouting. Gar turned to face me for the first time since we came into the room.
"Raven!" he shouted, rushing at me, sword suddenly drawn. But, before he could even reach me, I had vaporized the tentacle with a beam of fire. It was just about to lift me from the ground, and who knows what it would do then?
He stopped running suddenly, and looked almost… disappointed? Why do guys always feel the need to play hero? That thought process was interrupted however, when a tentacle of water wrapped itself around Gar's entire body, pulling him into the air.
Becoming quite pissed, I pulled at my quazi-new fiery powers and shot a massive pillar at the base of the tentacle, affectively vaporizing the entire thing and sending Gar flying across the room. I breathed a sigh of relief when he landed on dry ground. Who knows what've happened if he had landed in the water?
Then, I saw it. It was pink and blue and yellow, it disgusted me… for some reason, the colors made me think of Terra… whatever…
I shot a blast of water at the strange creature, but it only went deeper underwater. But, sadly for it, I now had a strategy to take it out. I began to focus all my energy into my anger, charging up for what would quite possibly be my most powerful flame attack thus far.
As I charged, tentacles of water flew at me, but all evaporated before they could even touch me, let alone entrap me. And finally, I was ready. I threw my hands forward and, purely out of habit, called out my mantra; "Azarath! Metrion! Zynthos!"
A massive pillar of flame, almost as large around as my own body burst forth, striking the water, causing steam to rise at an accelerated speed, until the chamber resembled a sauna.
When the steam cleared enough for me to see through it, I saw two pleasing things. The first was that Gar was just getting up, and the second was the fact that the boss was confined to a laughably tiny puddle. Feeling quite pleased with myself, I prepared to incinerate the creature with a fireball or two, but found it being encased in a green aura. Shrugging, I sent the aura, creature and all flying for the far wall… which it struck with a satisfying squish and high pitched squeal from what I could only assume was the monster.
Suddenly, all of the steam as well as the tiny puddle seemed to disappear completely, as a single drop of water fell from the ceiling, creating a blue portal where it landed.
I was about to go to Gar, but found that he was already running towards me. I watched him come, one eyebrow raised. "Duuuuuuuude!"
"Can I help you?" I asked, faking annoyance.
"You just used Farore's Wind… I think… never seen it used that way…" he continued to mumble to himself even after that until I finally interrupted.
"Can we go now?" I asked, smiling slightly to show that no malice was intended.
"Uhhh…" he replied intelligently. "Sure?"
With that, I floated over to the portal… wait… floated? Huzah! Apparently, that thing Garfield had been muttering about was some sort of telekinetic ability. I could finally levitate again! Oh, how easy future temples would be!
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BB's POV
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When I'd seen Raven use that spell, I was so pleased that I had nearly forgotten the previous awkwardness that I had absolutely no intention of addressing anytime soon.
The portal transported us to the Chamber of Sages, just as all of them did, and once again, we landed before an agitated sage. But, as soon as she saw Raven, she forced a nervous smile.
"Oh, give it a rest" Raven said, as if she knew the source of Ruto's apprehension.
"O-okay…" she began, forcing herself to look strong and sagely. "As you both know, I am Princess Ruto of the Zoras as well as the Sage of Water. I guess I owe this to you two."
She held her arms over her head, sending a blue beam of light towards the unseen ceiling, which was translated into a blue medallion which descended until it hovered before Raven. She stared at Ruto with a raised eyebrow.
"I saw that last fight" Ruto said simply, nodding at Raven as if in approval before turning to face me. "You reminded me of… him… but louder…"
I could tell that Raven wanted to ask what she meant, but we were already incased in the familiar blue light.
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Raven's POV
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We stepped out of the portal, just to see yet another distraction.
"Sheik?" Gar said simply, not seeming surprised at all. We both walked up and stood next to him.
"Time passes… people move…" he began in his calm and soothing voice.
I turned to look at Garfield, finding that he had done the same.
"Like a river's flow… it never ends…"
It was at this point that I noticed that the lake was filling up at an impossible rate.
"A childish mind will turn to noble ambition…"
Now that I think about, Gar isn't the old Beast Boy I used to know. He's matured in so many ways. It's almost… creepy.
"Young love will become deep affection…"
I truly love him… for how long? How long has he felt the same way about me? I blinked slightly, forcing all these thoughts away.
"The clear water's surface reflects growth…"
Suddenly, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and completely ignored the man preaching next to us. I grabbed Gar's face and pressed my lips to his with all the force I could muster.
"As the water rises, the evil is vanishing from the temple… you've done well…"
I payed only the slightest attention to Sheik and his ramblings, looking for anything important among the random, pointless crap.
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Sheik's POV
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I turned my head slightly to face the two heroes to my left, saying "Princess Ruto wanted to tha-" but I stopped right there. Right there, in front of me, those two that I had just begun to consider to be true heroes were virtually eating each other's faces! With an annoyed sigh, I turned and dove into the water, leaving the two alone. I guess… everybody needs some alone time.
The strange thing was… even though they seemed to despise each other, I can't say I didn't see this coming…
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BB's POV
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Finally, needing air, we pulled apart, just long enough for Raven to say "Fine… I won't ask… yet…"
I smiled at her and simply replied "We totally burned him, y'know?"
She looked up at me and began to smile mischievously. "Hey, Gar?"
"Yeah Rae?"
"I think I have an idea…"
"Yeah?"
"Wanna have sex?"
"W-what?" I asked nervously, my eye twitching insanely. "R-really?"
"No…" she replied, pulling away from me with a smirk. Oddly enough, I wasn't all that disappointed.
By this point, we're both laughing unnecessarily loud, and I stumble over a plaque. Raven approaches and extends a hand for me to grab. Both of us still laughing, I nearly pulled her down with me, but was finally in a standing. We were finally able to stop laughing when I noticed what was written on the plaque.
"When water fills the lake… shoot for the rising sun…" I turned to face Raven. "Should we try it?"
"Of course" she replied with obviously forced seriousness. "You always do what a plaque tells you to in video games."
That was the last straw, and we burst into laughter once more. I don't know exactly what we were laughing about. Maybe it was the irony of the entire thing. Maybe it was just that we really needed to laugh. Maybe we were finally happy…
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Raven's POV
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Finally regaining control of myself… and finding that… nothing had exploded, I just smiled contentedly. "In all seriousness, we really couldn't do anything if we wanted to."
Suddenly regaining control, if tenuous, of himself, Gar looked back toward the plaque, and seemed as if he was about to burst once more. "W-why not?"
"Where's the sun right now?" I asked him casually.
He raised his arm as if to point, but instantly dropped it. "Oh… I see…"
The thing that was causing our current difficulty was the fact that there was no sun, let alone a setting sun. There was, however, a very beautiful full moon out that night.
We fell to the ground with the third burst of laughter all night, then suddenly Garfield sat up with a shocked expression on his face. "Raven?"
"Yeah?" I replied casually.
"Why hasn't anything… exploded?"
I looked around us, as if looking for something to disprove his statement, but found nothing. "I…" There was no response for that.
"Standing up, Gar made his way over to me and laid down next to me. "We should stay here tonight…"
I was about to ask why, but Gar pointed at the plaque and everything made perfect sense. "Right…"
With that, I unclasped my cloak and draped it over the two of us and felt Gar pull me closer. I abliged without hesitation. Whatever was keeping my powers at bay, I'd take full advantage…
"Rae?" Gar said, already sounding sleepy.
"Yeah?" I replied in a similar tone.
"I like the new shade of blue… it's nice…"
Feeling more calm than any previous moment in my life, I took a quick glance at my cloak just to see that it was, in fact, a lighter shade. I thought nothing of it, attributing it too the lighting and the fact that it was the only one I had worn since going to the clothing shop…
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BB's POV
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I awoke to the sun in my eyes and curled into my covers… which felt extremely odd… as did the bed. Suddenly remembering where I was, I sat up to find myself alone. I was surprised… for about three seconds. That was approximately how long it took me to find Raven's whereabouts.
She was standing next to the plaque, watching as the sun rose slowly. I walked over and stood next to her remaining completely silent until "Beautiful, isn't it?" She actually jumped slightly, giving me a nice view of her breasts bouncing slightly as the weren't blocked from vision by her cloak. I quickly ran to grab it and ran back to her.
"Here" I said, handing it to her.
She smiled calmly at me and clasped it with practiced ease. "Thank you…"
"S'okay" I replied, shrugging it off.
"No…" she began, shaking her head. "Thank you… for everything…"
I turned to face her, but got jabbed in the forehead by an arrowhead. I jumped back in surprise and Raven turned to face me, looking instantly apologetic. "Oh!" She came up to me, dropping the bow and arrow she had been holding. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah" I replied, still rubbing the spot. "No hole, no blood, no problem."
"If you're sure…"
"I am… continue with what you were doing."
She nodded solemnly, obviously still unsure and lifted the previously dropped items to their ready positions. Almost effortlessly, she let the arrow sail toward where the rising sun would be located, if it were actually located within the planet's atmosphere.
Suddenly, it stopped in midair and seemed to float lightly down to a platform off in that direction. Lowering the bow, Raven flew over to the platform and returned shortly with the arrow in hand. She was staring down at it with an expression of scrutiny.
"What's up?" I asked, jogging over to her side.
"It was on fire when I found it" she said confusedly.
Suddenly, feeling another smile tug at my lips, I sung out this game's 'you've found something' theme. "Dundun dundun! You've received the Fire Arrows!"
She instantly moved her scrutinizing look to me, expression unchanging. Great, and I was being studied for any anomalies…
"Fire Arrows?"
I sighed when that was all she said. "Yep! I guess you just think about fire and boom! You've got…"
I trailed off as I saw that Raven was just staring right past me, a look of horror passing over her pale features.
"What's wrong?" My only response was a thin, shaking finger pointing past me. I turned, following the finger with my entire body… and saw smoke off in the designated direction. "No…" was all I could get out, as I ran for the bridge to the mainland as quickly as possible.
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Raven's POV
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As we ran, Gar tore his communicator from his belt and flipped it open. I couldn't hear what was being said on the other side, but I could hear Gar just fine.
"Terra?"
"…"
"The Kakariko fire… that's what…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Got it…"
A/N: Okay, I'm sooooooooo sorry! But, I'm making it up to you! I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow if enough people review. All I want is ten reviews for this fic. They don't even have to be for this chapter. I just want ten more reviews. That's not much to be asking for in my opinion, since that's about as many as I've been getting lately anyways.
You probably have a lot of questions from this chapter, and they'll all be answered… in three chapters. That's right, exactly three chapters from now, you'll get all the answers you'll ever want, as well as some you won't!
Signed,
The Cheese!