Teen Titans – Video Games Are Fun!
24. Chapter 23: Just Plain Freaky
Mail Call!
Mrbeans – Hi. I don't have anything to say, and responding really doesn't feel all that important. I'll try harder next time. Sorry.
Cyberegg – Hey, I've always liked that boss too. But, unlike you, I know why! I like it because it's one of the easiest ones in the game!
LoveThemAll – Hey, thanks for the review and input. That is a good idea, but I've made up my mind. I honestly can't think of anything else to say. I'm really burned out from spending like all day writing this chapter.
RaeFoxOni – Hey, thanks! And, yes. That is odd… oh well! If it worked out, who's complaining?
Love Cook Chef – Uhhh… thanks? I think that was meant to be a positive review…
Warprince2000 – So we meet again.
TDG3RD – I don't know why, but that's what I've always thought that boss looked like. Nobody else sees it, and that really pisses me off. So, I've put the idea onto the World Wide Web in hopes of it becoming more widely accepted.
Overactive Mind – I like you. I really enjoyed writing some parts of that last chapter. Oddly enough, that was a conversation I had when a friend of mine went through the Shadow Temple for the first time. I had to put that in. As for the poll, it was pointless. I know! I suck! I've already lit myself on fire, slit both my wrists and bashed my head against a wall 3786(I love that number) times and died repeatedly! Give me a break!
Siren of Time – If BB and Terra were gonna get sucked into a game, I was gonna make it so that neither of them had ever played it because it was Majora's Mask, which video game obsessors refer to as an insult to the Zelda series. So, it would stand to reason that neither of them had ever played purely out of honor or something stupid like that. Get it? Well, I've made up my mind and the answers at the end of the chapter.
The Dark Oblivion – Yes, they are going to get sucked into another game. Take a look at the end to see which ones. I really don't think that this would make a very good walkthrough since I skip so many things and make up stuff at that. But, thanks for the compliments and stuff.
Sunkistgurl10 – Uhhh… thanks?
DarkDemi – To be completely honest, I actually thought about that. It didn't work in my mind. So, I'm going with what I've got written at the end of the chapter. Take a look, 'kay?
Spam29rice – Okay, I'm rather annoyed that I have to say this a second time around. Terra will not get BB! It will never happen in any of my fics. My mind is incapable of making it happen! Thanks for the review!
Leapinglemur – Hey, thanks! I'm assuming you mean update soon, and I'm doing the best I can! And, speaking of that topic, lookey! I've updated! Huzza!
Fenix of the light – Thanks for the review, though you'll be a bit disappointed by the game choices I've made. I just want to explain that I simply cannot put them into a game with such an extravagant storyline and character listing as the ones you've mentioned. I am only putting them into games where they're the only ones doing things. I'm not having them join up with other people for fights. It would just get too messy and annoying, if not for the readers, for me. But, thanks for the input. As for your question at the end; I was inspired by the existence of the powers(although in simpler forms) in the game and the fact that she is far more of a magical fighter.
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Raven's POV
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"Mmmm…" I moaned quietly to myself. I'd just begun to wake up after the first real night's sleep in two days. I really dislike losing out on sleep. I felt a warm puff of air on my nose and knew I had to find out what it was before I could return to my slumber.
I opened my right eye slowly, just in time to see a pair of red eyes glaring down at me from less than an inch away.
Needless to say, I screamed
"What the hell!" I shouted, encasing the figure in my power and trapping it up against the wall. I glared angrily. It just interrupted my sleep. It wasn't getting out of this alive… I approached it slowly, but stopped stunned when I finally got a look at it.
"G-Garfield…?"
"Astounding!" he shouted back. "How ever did you find me out?"
The sarcasm and violence was all I needed to convince me that this was in no way Garfield. "You're not him. What have you done with him?"
I tightened the grip of my powers around his frame in order to scare an answer out of him. He just smiled all the more. "Well, it seems that you are far more clever than I had realized. You're right. I am not actually the boy you speak of. It seems you have caught me… and in record time, I might add."
I glared at him. I wasn't sure of what I should do. If this was a fake made to look like Garfield, I could just crush it in my powers and be done with it. But… something just didn't seem right.
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Seer's POV
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I looked up from my cauldron where I had been watching the two youths. The king was in the process of possessing the green boy. He was completely unaware of his actual surroundings.
Without a second thought, I lifted myself into the air and entered a meditative position. Focusing, I allowed my awareness to spread and include far more than my regular senses ever could.
I flowed through the zombie infested castle city, over the vast fields of the land, and finally through the village and into the small village inn where my target lay. Moving as only a small portion of my soul, I flowed into the green boy's body and began my work.
I searched out and gathered all the remaining venom from the ReDead's attack on his mind and soul. I pulled it from all the systems of his body until all that there had been was gathered into a single physical mass.
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Raven's POV
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I sighed in exasperation. I didn't know what to do and I was finding it increasingly difficult to focus on my powers. He was going to be released any moment now, and then there'd be nothing for me to do. I'd be perfectly vulnerable.
Then suddenly, there was a lurch from the form of the creature in my grip. I turned my full attention back to him to find that the maniacal grin had been replaced by an expression of shocked confusion.
"What the-" He was interrupted by a violent tremor passing once more through his body. Then, there was another treamor, followed by a disgusted expression crossing over his face. Then, he seemed to cough and a small black wade of… something… flew from his mouth. He went limp.
Forcing myself to focus once more on my powers, I levitated him to the bed once occupied by the real Garfield. I still wasn't sure what he was, but I figured leaving him there would be safe for the moment.
I approached the black lump on the floor and kneeled before it. Focusing on it for but a second, I found it to be a wade of highly concentrated dark energy.
"Possession…" I muttered, feeling slightly unnerved. But, it seemed as if it was finally over. I crossed the room to the bathroom and returned to the glob with a paper towel. I cleaned it as best I could and levitated it back intot he bathroom and flushed it down the toilet. "The deed is done" I muttered and returned to my bed.
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Seer's POV
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I returned swiftly to my body in hopes of outrunning the evil king. When I found myself back in my own body, I righted myself and began to stare into the cauldron with a small smirk.
Less than a second later, the king's body shot back a few yards, slamming him against the far wall. He slowly stood and began to wipe the non-existant wrinkles from his suit and cape. As soon as he had finished, he shot a hateful glare in my direction.
I simply smiled at him and said "What's up?"
He continued to glare until he finally gave up. "I just found out what a hairball feels like…"
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Raven's POV
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It wasn't long before I felt another puff of warm air on my face. Without making a noise, I opened my right eye once more to see a pair of bright green eyes staring down at me. It was only at this moment that I noticed that even the whites of his eyes were green.
"We really gotta stop meeting like this" I mutter, rolling over and sending Garfield tumbling face-first to the ground.
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BB's POV
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Groaning, I forced myself to my feet and sat myself down on the bed next to Raven. "Come on Rae" I say in my most weedling voice. "Rise and shine!"
With an agitated moan, Raven rolled back over to face me and her tousled hair and half-lidded eyes were absolutely perfect in my eyes. The look made her look… so much more human… attainable. "Why do you hate me?" she asked me in an uncharacteristically whiny voice.
"'Cause it's five in the afternoon" I replied with a wide grin.
She suddenly shot up and nearly screamed "What the fuck?"
"You heard me" I said, snickering slightly.
"Well… this is perfect…"
"And you accuse mei of sleeping in late" he said with a small chuckle.
She sat up slowly, muttering unintelligibly to herself. Finally, she looked right at me and said "Food…"
As if to emphasize her point, my stomach growled audibly. "Sounds good" I said with a wide grin.
The two of us changed into new clothes for the day. I found a large bruise on my back which I showed to Raven. She looked somewhat guilty when she saw it. "I'll explain later" she mumbled, her stomach growling in a wway that put mine to shame.
When we arrived at the nearby café, I realized that we had yet to eat together since the incident with the perverted guy. Or, at least, it was the first time we ate an actual meal together.
I went over to a small table in a slightly shadowed corner and pulled out Raven's chair before taking my own seat. "What a gentleman" she mumbled sarcastically.
I chuckled a bit before leaning and pressing my lips briefly to her chakra. "Just wait."
After a short while of near complete silence, a large hairy man approached our table, causing it to finally sink in just how many hairy men there were in this village. "Can I take yer' order?"
"I'll have some tea, please" Raven said, not even looking at the man.
"Just water" I said quickly, wanting him to leave. He'd interrupted me just as I'd worked up the courage for what I wanted to say. "Raven?"
"Yeah?" she asked, looking at me interestedly. It's a wonder the things that confessing one's undying love to another can do for their personality.
"I was just
thinking-
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"'Bout time."
"I was thinking, and I'd like us to get to know eachother" I said, forcefully retaining a calm and collected façade.
"Huh?"
"Well… we've been teammates for years, and frinds for months, and…yet… we hardly know anything about eachother."
"Oh" she said plainly. "Ummm… if you really want to."
We just continued to sit, staring uncomfortably at each other. "Wh-where do… we start?"
She didn't seem to know either, and just looked down at her hands. We were broken briefly from our discomfort by the large hairy man approaching and placing two cups on the table. "'Ere's yer' drinks. Ye' want any food?"
Raven ordered a basic breakfast platter with eggs, bacon and a bagel. Due to my meat issues, I ordered some hot cakes; which the waiter said were selling like hot cakes. Go figure.
He left us alone once again. Finally, Raven cleared her throat after taking a sip of her tea and spoke. "So… where were you born?"
And the talk was commencing. "I don't know. My parents moved us to Africa when I was too young to remember. I never found out."
She nodded and began to speak some more. "I'm also uncertain of my exact birthplace. As you know, my mother was… impregnated by the demon Trigon. She fled shortly after and brought me to Azarath, where I could learn to control my powers."
"Wait" I said quickly. "Didn't that tree thing say your mom was from Hyrule?"
"Yes, but I know for a fact that I was actually born on Earth. Arella apparently did a lot of traveling."
"Oh… okay" I mumbled. Then, I perked up with another question. "How long'd you live in Azarath?"
"Until one year before joining the team" Raven replied simply. "Nothing of much interest happened until then."
I nodded at that, but was then struck with a thought. "You have this whole problem with your father having influence over you, right?"
Raven was about to reply, but our food arrived. We began to eat slowly, but Raven took a moment to answer my question. "Yes. He does influence my powers."
Swallowing my current bite, I nod and continue. "Were things like that since you were born?"
She smiled slightly, almost nostalgically. "No. I was mostly free from his influence until he found me in Azarath. He was planning on taking me to stay with him as to raise me to be evil. The monks of Azarath protected me."
"But, he was still able to gain influence over your powers?"
"No shit Sherlock" she replied in her normal monotone. But, there was a slight smirk on her face, showing that it was meant in the nicest way possible. However nice that is…
After that, we focused on finishing our meals. I knew that the conversation wasn't over yet. I had something big planned for after the meal. But, one last question was asked, which caused me to nearly spew my current wad of food everywhere.
"Am I alone in finding it strange that we were able to order breakfast at five in the afternoon?"
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Raven's POV
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"Gar!" I shout as I nearly trip. "I really don't like the feeling of being blind."
"We're almost there" he replied with a slight chuckle.
"Please Garfield!"
"Almost there."
"I'm three seconds from-"
He pulled his hands off my eyes, revealing the most breathtaking view I'd ever seen. Sure. I'd seen the entirety of Jump City from the roof of the tower, but this was just beautiful. We were high enough that we could see the entire village, but near enough as that I could actually see individual people and activities. We might as well have been on the top of the world at that very moment.
"Well?"
I turned away from the view for just long enough to smile at Garfield and say "It's… nice." In actuality it was the most beautiful site of my life, but I coulldn't tell him that. I had a reputation to uphold after all.
He sat down and let his legs dangle over the edge and patted the spot next to him. I lowered myself into the designated spot. "Rae?"
"Hmmm…?"
"Why do you hate pink so much?"
I stared at him in that way I always do. "What?"
"I'm curious" he replied nonchalantly. "It's just that all the other girls I've ever met just love the color."
With a sigh, I decided that it was time to tell somebody. "The first person I met upon returning to earth was a… cheerleader. She was a bitch and was wearing nothing but pink. I guess I just associate that color with that attitude because of her. I think her name was Katelyn or something…"
A/N: Those of you who read the Terra/Wildebeest lemon know who I'm talking about to a certain degree.
He nodded shortly and said "I guess that makes sense."
"Gar?"
"Hmmm…?"
"This is gonna sound kind of stupid-"
"Stupid? You? Never!"
"Shut up" I said, shoving him playfully. "Okay. Wh-when did you realize how you felt… about me?"
His expression turned completely serious as he entered a thoughtful position. "I… don't… know exactly. It kind of happened slowly over time. It really started as soon as I met you and I heard you laugh that time."
I felt a small frown pass over my lips. "If that's the case, what was that whole thing with Terra?"
"The next best thing…" he replied, staring off into the distance. "She was just a crush."
"Why?" I asked him, feeling suddenly uncomfortabl.
"Why what?"
"Why do you love me? You're the happy skippy green kid. I'm the dark creepy goth."
"You really wanna know?" he asked, looking me right in the eyes. I turned to look away, but he grabbed my chin and forced me to keep looking. "You're not creepy. Dark and mysterious maybe. But, not creepy." He took a deep breath, finally releasing my ching. But, he kept talking. "We're not as different as you think."
"Wha-" But, he wouldn't let me finish… or even start for that matter.
"You're the only one who gets me… and… I think I'm… the only one who really… gets you."
I continued to stare at him as the lights of the setting sun played across his face. I glanced shortly at the sun falling down over the horizon before turning back towards Garfield and pressing my lips against his. We just stayed like that for awhile before I pulled away and said "I love you Garfield."
"And I you" he responded. With a pleasant feeling flowing throughout my entire body, I leaned my head on his shoulder. Soon after, his arm was lain across my shoulders and his head was on mine as we watched the sun lower the last few centimeters before we were left in perfect darkness. I still had questions, but I could stand to wait by now.
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BB's POV
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I lowered her sleeping form into the bed and pulled the covers over her chin. I smiled down at her and felt a single tear slip down my cheek. I was officially the happiest I'd ever been. "Good night, Rae" I mumbled, pressing a quick kiss to her chakra.
I crossed the room as if to go to bed when I heard some movement from Raven. I turned to check on her but found her staring back at me. "Gar?"
I turned around fully and said "Yeah Rae?"
"Sleep… with me tonight" she said in almost a whisper.
I walked over and kneeled on the floor next to her. "Are you sure? I don't wear much to bed."
"Do you keep your goods covered?" she asked completely seriously.
"Y-yeah…" I replied, feeling my eye twitch from my efforts not to laugh.
"Then… sleep with me…"
I sighed slightly and stood up. I stripped until I was in the Hyrulian equivelant of boxers, which weren't all that different from the normal kind and climbed into the bed right next to her.
She cuddled right up next to me. It felt nice, but I couldn't calm down. I was almost completely exposed and it wasn't a pleasant feeling. I kept thinking that she'd touch me and get so disgusted that she'd drop me right there.
But, as if in defiance of my thoughts, she pulled right up against me and simply mumbled. "So soft… like a cat…"
"You have no idea" I mumbled back, before I finally calmed down enough to allow sleep to overtake me.
A/N: Okay, this one wasn't as long as some, but it took me a really long time to write. I'm not all that good at romantic stuff and date scenes, but I think I did rather good for myself. Please don't rain on my parade!
Now, the results of the poll are in, and I'm gonna partially ignore them. I have decided to change the trilogy into a quadrilogy. Below are the following three fics and who's gonna be sucked into the games.
A) Teen Titans – I Told You They Were Fun!
Game: Majora's Mask
Players: BB & Terra
B) Teen Titans – Maybe Not So Fun Anymore!
Game: A Link to the Past
Players: Raven & Terra
C) Teen Titans – Just Read a Fricken' Book Already!
Game: Final Fantasy
Players: All the main TitansRob, Star, Cy, BB, Rae, & Ter
I'm not one hundred percent sure that I'll be having the one in Majora's Mask. It's a bit iffy at this time, but I'm looking greatly in that direction.
Signed,
The Cheese!