Teen Titans – Video Games Are Fun!
27. Chapter 26: Spirit Temple
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Mrbeans – Okay, I would like your new word if it weren't for the fact that one of my friends used it like a month ago. As such, I actually shuddered a bit when I saw it in your review.
1- I did, didn't I? Yay!
2- Yes, I remember this conversation… that was all on purpose.
3- I'll try.
4- He was just a random synapse in my brain, and his relationship shall be explained in due time… like probably a page or so below this here reply.
5- Let's just say that he was having a really bad day.
6- smiles manically to self Blow me!
Talim9 – Ooooookay… then. Thanks?
Artemis 85 – Yeah, I know exactly what you're saying! Y'know what the funniest part is? Funny's spelled with two 'n's!
Warprince2000 – So, we meet again…
Paul Pyro – I like your name. Thanks for all the liking of things! I like it when people like what I like when I'm liking the process of liking stuff! I'd be happy to send that thing to you, mentioning that it is, in fact, a lemon. Most of the stuff you liked were things I put in that weren't particularly planned out. I've learned not to plan too far ahead, or I'll screw up what I'm doing. Teen Titans is, like my favorite show and Zelda is one of my favorite game serieses; excluding Wind Waker, that is. As for pairing Sheik with anybody, I don't see that as very likely. It's possible, but I don't see it happening in the near future.
TDG3RD – My thoughts exactly as far as Dr. Light goes. Like I said, though, Gar's simply having a bad day. He's all better in this chapter. He just needed to get high, I guess.
Cosmic Overlord – Yes. I updated. You'll find out about the new character, as well as another one in this chapter, and I'd appreciate it if you could stop with the demanding attitude. It kinda gets on my nerves. I also must mention, you need to be defended by girls? What kind of pussy are you? No offense to any actual girls out there. Secondly, I find it difficult to believe that you've ever had girl problems… unless by problems, you mean 'can't get any'. And, no; the island is artificial. Cyborg's dad built it as well as the tower on it. Other than the fact that the comics say so, the drill in season 2 could've never worked in that exact way on a natural island.Lastly, 'rath' is actually spelled 'wrath', so if you're gonna threaten me, at least spell it right.
RaeFoxOni – Thanks. But, I'm sorry to tell that you that there won't be as much comedy in this chapter. It's sort of returning to its normal style of progression. In other words, I'm getting it back on track.
FallenAngel166 – Hey, thanks for the support. I'll start work on the body switching one soon after finishing "BB's Birthday Bash" 'kay?
Sunkistgurl10 – All is well. I'm just glad you got around to reading it eventually. I really can't complain as it took me so long to update anyways. Yes, you should definitely read that story. It's a good one. As for my name, it actually means "The Cheese of Evil", but you were pretty damned close. Here, you get a Swedish Butter Cookie.
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BB's POV
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I don't know what I did, but it must've been pretty damn nice.
Raven and I walked calmly toward the gate to the desert. Raven was resting her head on my shoulder and I had my arm around hers. I reiterate, whatever I did the past night must've been something special.
"Gar!" I heard and stopped in my tracks.
"Chad?" The slightly heavy-set hippy lumbered up to me and flashed me his trademark grin.
"Who's this?" Raven asked me with an eyebrow raised. The odd thing, though, was that her voice seemed to be echoing.
Then, I saw her. It sent a shiver down my spine… just how much she looked like Raven.
"Who's that?" I asked Chad at the same time as Raven spoke in a far less confused tone.
"Wraith?" she asked, pulling away from me to get a better look at the girl.
"Raven?" the girl asked in return.
I turned to Chad, hoping for some answers. Sadly, though, he had been hoping for some from me. With a sigh, we simultaneously asked our respective female partners "And, you know each other how?"
The girls then turned to face us and also spoke in unison. "We could ask you two the same."
Realizing what was likely to happen, I decided to take command of the situation as best I could. "Okay! Stop now!" I took a deep breath and lowered my voice to normal levels when I knew I had their attention. "Okay, we'll go in alphabetical order. That means that Chad goes first."
"Nice dude" he said before his face fell slightly. "What am I supposed to be doing anyways?"
I held back a chuckle and tried to reply as best I could. The fact that I was on a different page from Chad was rather awkward for me. "Tell me and Rae how you met Wraith, then Rae and Wraith how we met. Sound okay?"
"Sure man…"
With that, Chad went through his meeting with Wraith. It consisted with a run-in when some redheaded girl was gonna be abducted by a group of international sex slavers or something. They helped some freaky martial arts guy kick their asses and then the four moved in with each other and some black dude they met.
He then told Raven and Wraith that we had become buddies after I'd run into the Terra look-alike at that school. He had been eating at the restaurant with the pie.
I was the next one to speak. My meeting with Chad already explained, I simply filled in a few blank spots; such as the flavor of pie we had. I then described how Raven and I'd met. About halfway through the story, I had to stop. I finished with a simple "It was kinda like how you two met, but with gecko aliens, and a giant 'T' shaped tower which was built on an artificial island." I was fully aware of the fact that I was kinda repeating myself, but I was telling somebody new the story.
Next, it was Raven's turn. She told of how she'd met Wraith at one of her poetry cafés and how they'd become a sort of friends.
When Wraith's turn came around, she only needed to fill in a couple loose ends with Chad and Raven's stories. This seemed to suit her just fine as she seemed to be the quiet type.
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Raven's POV
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One thing I've learned in my life is to never underestimate just how strange an event can become. Sure, we'd figured out how we all knew each other, but one thing was still left unanswered, and I decided to take it upon myself to ask.
"Okay, but how'd you two get here?"
Chad decided to answer me in this case. Wraith seemed pretty much talked out, which was pretty weird seeing as how she'd barely said fifty words thus far.
"Well, Wraith here apparently had some psychic powers or something, and when I got her to play a Zelda game with me-"
I didn't need to here anymore. "-you both got sucked in, and in your time here, you've gained a romantic relationship, right?"
"Romantic?" Wraith asked, almost laughing… almost. "Hardly."
"Not even close!" Chad said at nearly the same time. "We're more like… friends with benefits."
Gar and I stared at them in stunned silence. Then, almost in unison ourselves, we shrugged. Gar added to this by saying "Well, to each their own, I guess."
"I hate to break up this reunion, but-"
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Sheik's POV
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I had been listening in on the conversation in hopes of learning as much as I could of the group. I found it odd that there was another group that had come earlier… and I didn't know of them until now.
Deciding that they had said everything of any importance, I leapt down from my perch high above.
"I hate to break up this reunion, but-" They all turned to face me, and determining that I had their complete and undivided attention, I continued. "I must teach you the Requiem of Spirit."
"Wait" the green one said, causing me to pause. "Aren't you supposed to wait until we actually reach the temple to teach us its song?"
I nodded slightly as a sign that I accepted his question as valid. "Normally, yes. But, as your time is running short, I must shorten your quest as much as possible."
"Wait!" the violet haired girl interrupted this time. "What do you mean 'running out of time'?"
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Raven's POV
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It was at this point that I made a mental note to never be murky or mysterious ever again. Yeah, like that could ever last.
Sheik eyed me with his one visible crimson eye. "You don't know?"
"Oh yeah!" Chad basically shouted. "I knew we-" Wraith elbowed him in the ribs. "-I was forgetting something!"
All except for Wraith moved to face him in their own various fassions. "Well?" I prompted, beginning to get a cramp from holding my eyebrow up for such a long time.
"Ummm… yeah" he mumbled, suddenly awkward at all the attention. "If you're in this world for more than ten days-"
"-you get stuck" Wraith finished for him with absolutely no sign of emotion.
"So… " Gar began hesitantly as the truth struck him, and struck him hard. "How long've you two been here?"
"'Bout a month" Chad replied with a shrug.
"So, you're stuck?" he asked, becoming more and more horrified as the seconds ticked on.
"Yep" Chad replied, actually smiling at the thought.
Wraith seemed to feel that we needed more information. "We could've probably found a different way out, but… well…"
"This place has the best drugs, and nobody here really cares about all that safe sex and prohibition crap" Chad chimed in for Wraith.
No matter what they say, 'friends with benefits' don't finish each other's sentences.
It was at this point that Sheik cleared his throat in quite the effeminate way.
"Oh, just shut up you girl" both Gar and Chad groaned in unison at the strange, little man.
"Tick tock" he said in a quiet tone.
That got Gar's attention at least. Apparently, he wasn't as thrilled about the idea of living in Hyrule as Chad was. Needless to say, neither was I.
"Ready?" Sheik asked, reaching behind his back for his harp. Both Gar and I nodded and I pulled out the ocarina.
Placing it to my lips, I played the song along with him. After , what Gar would've likely referred to as a faggy lil' duet, Sheik put his girly instrument away and began to back away. Strangely enough, he seemed to vanish into the sandy winds of the desert.
"Shall we?" Gar asked me, placing his arm around my shoulder once more. I nodded quickly, placing the instrument back upon my lips. I played the tune as I'd heard it and we were off.
The last thing I heard before being whisked off by the teleportion spell was the expected "Later dudes!" coming from Chad.
The last thing I saw, however, was much less expected. It was a quick glimpse of Wraith shoving her tongue down Chad's throat as well as the beginnings of her forcing his pants down.
"Not again" I muttered to myself, rising from my crouched position to peer at Gar. "You think you can do this on your own?"
"Totally" he replied confidently. "This is, like, the easiest temple in the game… not counting the kid ones."
"Any dead stuff?" I asked, smirking at him a tiny bit.
"Nothing I can't handle" he replied, sounding astoundingly self confident; especially for somebody who'd had an emotional breakdown the last time he was left alone.
Even with all of his confidence, however, I was unconvinced. I was nervous about letting him go equipped with not but a sword and shield. Then, it struck me.
"Can you use a bow?" I asked him, pulling out said item and holding it out to him.
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BB's POV
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I gave the bow a thoughtful glance before answering. "Not as good as you… but I'm capable." One thing you learn as a guy is to never shut off the flattery.
"Good" was all she said in response, handing it over to me.
I accepted it hesitantly. I was about to tell her that I should be able to beat this part of the temple without it, but remembered that Link had the slingshot in the game. "I'll probably need it a couple times."
With that line, I'd strapped the bow and quiver to my newly acquired armor and lowered to my hands and knees to crawl through the hole. "And Gar…"
I looked up at Raven, feeling rather anxious by the tone in her voice. "Yeah…?"
"I used the fire arrow enchantment on the bow. Everything you shoot will be… fiery."
"Ummm… thanks?" I said in an obviously questioning tone before looking back towards the hole.
I'd be able to fit, but just barely due to the armor. And yet, Raven couldn't traverse the tunnel simply because of her gimungoid bazongas. I thought, not for the first, how she could stand having breasts. Then, I realized how strange a thought for a guy to be having that truly was.
I forced my way through the tunnel, honestly wondering to myself why such a thing existed. Though, it seemed just a tad less strange than it had in the well.
On the other side, I saw a pair of bats perched in two places around the room. I crouched so that I could see both of them while still hiding me from them. I propped the bow and slung the arrow with some slight effort. When I aimed, however, it was straight on. I released the arrow at the first bat killing it in a way that was far too swift for the creature to take advantage of the flames on the arrow.
Oddly enough, the other bat hadn't reacted at all and I was able to take it down just as easily. I then turned to see another familiar thing. Pulling out one of the many bombs I'd made sure to buy before we'd come out, I hurled it at the Beamos with just enough strength that it'd land directly next to it. A short wait later had the bomb exploding, taking the Beamos' eye-head thingy with it. The metal grating on two nearby doors slid up, showing me where to go next.
With one last hard push, I sent the armos statue over the edge, dropping it onto a blue pressure switch. Less than a second after the switch lowered, the sound of metal scraping metal was heard and I knew that my path forward was opened.
Before continuing on, however, I peered at the massive statue of a woman sitting cross-legged with her arms outstretched which dominated most of the far wall. At her feet was a slightly raised platform with unlit torches equidistant from either edge.
With a shrug, I pulled out the bow and cocked it with what had quickly become practiced ease. I shot the arrow at the first torch, and quickly drew and cocked another. I only had a short time limit to hit the other torch before the first would go out. I shot the arrow and just barely skimmed the torch enough to catch it with the arrow's flame. With both torches lit, a large chest appeared between them on the platform.
I hopped down from the raised area I was on and made my way briskly to the chest. Opening it, I found a piece of somewhat aged parchment, which I could only assume was the dungeon map.
It was. What? Did you honestly think I'd be wrong about that?
I was pissed. I had to light four torches in a room after grabbing all the silver rupees around said room. I'd gotten the rupees, and all that did was light up the fancy torch near the door. So, I now had to light the torches.
It wouldn't be so bad if I weren't down to five arrows, having failed to light the damned things six times!
Though, I was lucky to have found a nice central location. It's not that it was taking me too long to get the arrow ready, It was the running from spot to spot, then getting the bow ready that caused the problems. Since I was now at the highest perch of the room, which just happened to be in the very center, I had a perfect to each of my targets.
I drew the bow once more and cocked an arrow. Aiming at the first torch, I let it fly. I didn't have time to see if it had worked, and continued onto each of the other torches. I missed the last one by a wide ark and used my last arrow to hit it dead on. At least I knew I'd hit one.
A small chest appeared in a corner of the room. Opening it, I found one of the small, silver keys that seem to be massed produced for these temples. Looking at the door I needed to pass through, I saw that it was blocked by steel bars. I still had something to do in the room.
Then, I spotted the area of light on the floor as well as a set of blocks, one with a sun face on it.
"I remember this room now!" I shouted to myself. "This is that room I hate down to the very depths of my being!"
The massive, armor clad behemoth loomed before me on its simple throne, axe in hand. I knew that nothing would happen unless I inniated it. So, time restraint in mind, I smacked it over the head with the Master Sword.
Seeming otherwise unaffected, it stood and glared at me… or so I assumed, as its eyes were invisible under the shiny helmet.
It swung its axe at my head in that way that only an Iron Knuckle can do. Ducking the wide swing, I awaited the attack that I knew came next.
As planned, the massive thing swung the axe behind it, in an ark over its head, and down into the ground where I'd been half a second ago. Using the creature's single-mindedness, I rolled behind it and sliced my blade through the armor on its back.
I was honestly surprised by how easily the sword had pierced its armor. In a rage, it swung the axe in another wide ark, which I ducked once more, driving my sword into its back once more. It seemed to howl in pain before spinning round to catch me in another downward slash.
Again, I rolled away from the attack and delivered a couple of my own. As the creature was slow to react, I was able to slice it a good three or four times. Who can count in a fight? Seriously!
However many it had been, the last one sent the creature's leg armor flying, leaving it in some sort of cloak. I knew what this meant; it would be faster, but it was also more than halfway gone.
It swung its axe in a full 360 degree ark before embedding it, once more, into the ground. I stood about an inch to the left of the weapon, quite pleased with this creature's predictability. I once again dealt a good four or so blows before having to back flip away from an upward slash from the axe.
I stared in morbid fascination as the axe flew straight up… and through its wielder's helmet, and by all logical probability, its head. This was confirmed, as the attacker fell onto its back… and just lay… as the metal bars blocking the chamber's doors rose.
Slightly queasy, I turned and fled around behind the throne and through the door located as such. Emerging intot he early noon desert air, I found a large brown chest awaiting me as was expected.
I ran up to the chest and threw the lid up. Inside, I found a pair of… you guessed it… Silver Gauntlets. I pulled the left one onto its respective hand, and did the same with the right and could actually feel my muscles ripple under it. It kinda hurt.
I was distracted from that train of thought, however, as I heard a surprised scream.
A/N: Okay, so it wasn't as long as the last, but I wrote it in like three days or something. Give me a break! Just kidding, I'm fine. I said I'm fine!
Well, as fun as that… wasn't, you've got your chapter, so I'd be happy if you could review.
Personal shout-out: Hey, Overactive Mind! Where're ya'? Don't abandone me! cries melodramatically
Signed,
The Cheese!