Teen Titans – Video Games Are Fun!
28. Chapter 27: Twinrova
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1- Oh yeah! Tell the entire world don't you! Just kidding, I really don't care. But, if you look back at it, the names don't parallel between these OCs and that idea.
2- Yes. The armor is simply my addition. If you remember, he ended up naked. So, he had two choices. He could either run around in the poofy Gerudo babe get-up, or get some totally ferschizzliscious armor! I think I made the right choice.
3- They're so totally longer than that! That's 'normal person' length! I'll never sink down to the level of 'normal'! Just kidding again.
4- Let's just say that my view on Sheik is actually based on a mixture of a friend of mine and random ideas I've had. You gotta admit that it was pretty creative of me to give him a violent streak back in the burning Kakariko Village scenario, no?
5- That means they're either emphasized in speech or simply screamed or the such.
FallenAngel166 – I'll keep that in mind, but that's a bit too dramatic for my tastes. You write it! I'm serious! I'd totally read it, just as long as you think up a game of your own! I'd like to read that one!
RaeFoxOni – I've got certain fics for random insanity and this fic for normal insanity. I know you were kidding, which is why I'm kidding in return. For insane random, check out basically any of my other fics.
Artemis85 – That was my point exactly! And, if you wanna type 'funy', that's your right. It is, however, my right to cringe whenever I see it.
TDG3RD – Yeah, I had fun with that stuff. I've basically made it a goal of mine to comment on either Rae's breasts or Terra's lack thereof in each of my fics.
Rippedskies – Interesting name. Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you like it so much! Here's the next chapter!
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Overactive Mind – Thanks for the review and sorry for sounding naggy or anything. I'm sorry, but when you've got a bunch of women cut off from the male population for a long period of time, well… need I say more? As for the drug thing, if they're lucky, Rae'll give in and try some. Then, they can work together to force Robin to take some as to give him some possible way to wrench that omnipresent stick from his non-existant ass! As for Raven being unable to enter, it's for the same reason that she couldn't follow Gar to the end of the Bottom of the Well. Her boobs are too big. As per the sequels, I already put that information in a previous chapter, but just for you, they're Majora's Mask, A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy.
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I had to hold onto the thumb of the hand I stood on in order to see what was happening below. At first, I still couldn't see anything, b ut then I saw Raven running from the temple at top speed.
I didn't realize how déjà vu-y this situation was until I saw the sorceress sisters flying after her on twin broomsticks. A short distance from the entrance, Raven spun to face the two. A black portal appeared under her, but it didn't seem to be her own. She looked down at the void then pulled herself into the air with a green aura.
The witches seemed to pause for a bit before starting to scream at Raven. They began to charge up their respective elemental spells then hurled them at Raven with a scream.
I can't be certain, but I think I saw her smirk as she placed a pair of twin, light blue barriers in just the right spots to deflect the spells straight back at its sister. The twin witches let out a pair of howls before nearly collapsing to the ground from the surprise.
It was at this point that Raven saw me.
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In my moment of personal victory, I'd been planning on saluting the massive statue that was the front of the Spirit Temple when I saw a single point of green in its right hand.
My prideful triumph was instantly replaced by a sense of annoyance. 'What's wrong with that idiot? If that's where he needed to go, I could've just carried us both up there.'
Using my anger to my advantage, I sent a fireball to strike the ice witch, and an orb of icy energy to the other before floating away from the battle and towards Gar on the hand-shaped platform.
It wasn't until halfway up to him that I noted that every attack I'd used in that fight were ones gained in this world… though I wasn't in a temple. The oddest part was what a light shade of blue my barriers had been.
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As she floated up toward me, I realized something rather odd. Her barriers been nearly transparent, at such a light shade of blue. Then, I realized what this meant. Firstly, it meant that Raven was officially more comfortable with her new powers than her old ones, and even more importantly; she just used Nayru's Love!
This realization, as is most often the case, lead me through a long list of other such realizations. The most prominent of these, however, was the color of her cloak. 'Funny… I could've sworn she'd bought all her cloaks in her normal color.' Her cloak was only just deeper than a shade of sky blue.
My revely, however, was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Raven's angered face directly before mine. I jumped slightly from surprise then began to smile sheepishly. Though I didn't know what I'd done wrong, I knew it was most likely very stupid.
"H-hey Rae…"
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I glared down at him, which is odd seeing as how he's taller than me now. I purposely ignored the terrified sweat pouring down his brow. Though, I did make a personal note that he wasn't even that sweaty after the Fire Temple.
"Do you know why I'm angry at you Gar?" I asked him in a falsely calm voice.
"Ummm… no?"
"I thought not" I said, sighing deeply to myself. "Our time is short, so I'll make this short." I explained the situation which we were in, the fact that I could've simply levitated us to get the items up here, and that he was undeniably the biggest idiot I'd ever met.
He replied to this by saying "Oh… well… crap…"
Not even allowing him to continue, I took his hand and levitated us both over to the opposite hand. When we landed, Gar's discomfort from the situation was evident. Though I had no desire to alleviate the tention at the current moment, I knew that he wouldn't be able to work with me mad at him. So, I sighed. "Gar?"
He jumped slightly before responding hesitantly. "Y-yes?"
"It's okay. You just didn't think" I said, finding that, with the next statement, I actually wasn't mad anymore. "I was wondering when that'd start happening again. You've been far too… exactly the opposite of you… lately."
He chuckled to himself timidly while scratching the back of his neck. "Uhhh… 'kay?"
I switched straight back to stern mode at this point. "Okay, how much time do you think we have?"
He nodded slightly, understanding that he had to return to his recent serious self. He moved closer to the edge of the hand and placed his hand over his eyes as to cut down on the glare. "Judging from the sun's position… 'bout twelve or so hours more."
I nodded in response and approached the nearby treasure chest, opening it quickly. "A shield?"
I jumped slightly when I heard Gar reply directly next to me. "Yeah. The Mirror Shield. We'll need it for the last couple puzzles in the temple."
With that, he removed his current shield and replaced it with the new one, handing the old one to me. "What's this-?"
"You never know when just having it on your back will come in handy."
With a shrug and a shake of my head, I did my best to strap it onto my cloak. It felt odd and somewhat constraining, but I decided to simply grin and bare it.
Shortly thereafter, we were facing a throne with a most likely tall person, fully clothed in bright armor. The odd thing, however, was its complete lack of any form of movement. "Gar?"
"Yeah?"
"What are we doing?"
"Well, I'm preparing mentally for another fight with an Iron Knuckle, and you're asking me what we're doing."
In response to this, I did what felt the most right. I hit him over the head. It's funny how you never know how important a simple action is until you've stopped doing it.
He seemed hardly to react as he took a deep breath and brought the sword back and to his side. "Get ready, Rae." I was about to say something when he swung the blade forward, slamming it against the behemoth's head.
The creature seemed unaffected, so I jumped back as my fighting style was more of a distanced one. Gar stood back, waiting for an opening. I tried to grab the thing in a telekinetic bubble, but it seemed almost to walk through the aura. I tried hurling a fireball then an orb of cold energy at it. Neither had any effect whatsoever.
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I groaned to myself. None of Raven's attacks were having any effect on the monster. I'd been hoping that I'd only have to fight the one on my own. Apparently, these things were brought into existence to give me a run for my money.
This theory changed by the end of the battle, however, as by that time, I'd taken the thing down in a way that even Raven had to admit was vaguely impressive… "vaguely."
"Finally…" I muttered to myself, getting the sun from the overhead window to reflect onto the statue's face at last.
As had been the plan, Raven took hold of the shield with her powers while I walked up next to her and sat down.
"So, how long should this take?" Raven asked, seeming a bit apprehensive.
"No idea" I replied honestly. I could virtually feel the nervous vibes wafting from her very being and decided to quell her fears. "It shouldn't be any later than two or three PM, and we'll be done with this temple in less than another hour if my guess is right."
She seemed finally to calm down at that. We sat there, in complete silence, watching as the face was just barely affected by the light fromt e Mirror Shield. Then, I was struck with a thought.
"Hey, Rae?"
"Hmmm…?"
"What's been up with your powers?"
She looked straight at me now. "What do you mean?"
I sighed slightly. I'd been hoping that she'd noticed. "Well, in that fight with those witches, you were outside and yet you-"
"I used the powers from this game…" Raven whispered thoughtfully. "You're right. That is strange."
"You know" I began with a slight snicker. "Hearing you tell me that I'm right about stuff still sounds kinda weird."
She smirked slightly in return. "Imagine being the one to say it." She then sighed. "But seriously, it is odd. The strangest part was the color of the barrier I used against the sisters."
"Nayru's Love" I mumbled, smiling slightly in my fan-boy nostalgia.
"Huh?"
"You used Nayru's Love… without even knowing it apparently."
"Great" she muttered, sounding slightly bitter. "Every second, my powers are getting faggier and faggier names."
I cracked up at that one. "Nice!"
"It wasn't that funny, was it?"
I wiped a small dribble of saliva from the corner of my lip before straightening up and responding. "It so was! You've really got a problem with underestimating yourself, you know that?"
"Of course I know that" she replied with a small bitter chuckle of her own. "If not, Trigon would've been beaten twice as fast. He was a bit of a pussy when all was said and done."
"People like him should stay in the shadows, manipulating people from there" I said calmly. Raven looked at with a scared expression on her face.
"Speak of weird things" she spouted out in an uncharacteristically thoughtless way.
Before she could ask me any questions, I finished my statement. "That's all people like him and Dick Chainey are good at… other than 'accidentally' shooting people."
"Since when did you start following politics?"
"I don't. I follow things I can make jokes about" I replied with a large grin. That's the first time I actually looked at something other than her face during the conversation. "That's another thing…"
"What?" she asked, seeming startled.
"Your cloak" I replied slowly. "Don't tell me you didn't notice."
She looked down at herself and leapt into a standing position, losing her focus on the shield which fell to the ground. "What the hell?"
"That's what I thought, too."
Then, as quickly as the shock had appeared, it was gone; replaced by a small grin. "Gar?"
"Hmmm…?"
"It's happening." I just stared at her, no idea what she was talking about. "I don't know how, but my powers are coming under my control."
I approached her in her new position and placed my hands on her shoulders. "I think I know why" I whispered before pushing her face up and pressing my lips against hers.
We remained that way for a few seconds before we finally had to pull away. We looked at each other, quite short of breath. "Wh-what was that for?" Raven asked, raising her eyebrow somewhat.
"To be completely honest… I don't remember…" I replied, grinning sheepishly even through my slightly labored breathing. I looked down slightly before saying "Oh right!"
I stepped back and began to examine her cloak closely. "I thought so." Raven was quite obviously clueless. "It's even lighter now."
Her eyes went wide and she looked down at herself once more, barely gasping when she saw what I did. "Well, this explains a bit…"
I smiled and said "Like what?" Or… I would have… if the face of the statue hadn't picked that precise moment to suddenly and spontaneously crumble in a rather loud fassion. Instead, I said something along the eyes of "Don't let them get me!" as I virtually shot into the folds of Raven's cloak.
"Gar?" I didn't respond. "You're kinda heavy with the armor, y'know."
I dropped to the floor and then stood, grinning timidly. "Sorry…"
"It's okay" Raven said, rolling her eyes. Then, she became stern. "But, we should get moving…"
After we used the Longshot to cross the gap, Raven stopped me. "Gar?"
I looked at her for a moment. "Yeah?"
"I've been wanting to ask this for awhile now" she began then sighed. "Since we've been in this world, you've been acting… odd."
Unlike all the things I'd pointed out to her, I knew exactly what she was talking about. "Do you remember the time when Slade kidnapped Robin and we went after him?"
"…Yeah?" she said questioningly.
"And, the time I went after Terra when she was working with Slade?"
"Yeah?"
"And the time Slade-I'm talking about him a lot right now-was after you?"
"Sure."
"And finally, the time when I had to go after the Brotherhood of Evil, basically on my own?" She only nodded. "Those times were ones where I entered what I like to call 'Serious Mode', and I've just basically been stuck in that mode for most of the time we've been in this world."
"That explains why it's been so inconsistent."
"Well, like you said… we should really get going" I said, growing a tiny bit nervous myself. "Hyrule's nice 'n' all, but I'd still prefer Jump City to be my… permanent… home."
And with that, we passed through the boss door.
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As we entered the chamber, we found the witches staring at one of those 'Iron Knuckle' things like from earlier. Gar immediately drew his sword.
"It seems we have visitors Koume…" the flame witch said, emphasizing her statement with a rather dorky cackle.
"It seems so, Kotake" the other replied, cackling as well.
"How outrageous of them to enter our domain" the first said, cackling once more.
"We should really take care of such vermin sister" the other said, also cackling yet again.
The two, in perfect unison sung out "Oh minion!" Then, they continued in much calmer tones. "Take care of these vermin for us." With that last statement, the two witches disappeared and the Iron Knuckle stood for battle.
I stepped back, knowing that there was nothing I could do to help. Gar shot forward at full speed, dashing straight past the monster while holding the Master Sword out as to slash through its side.
It let out a roar before swinging its axe wildly. Gar waited for it to finish its enraged thrashing before dashing in for another attack identical to the first. This time however, instead of continuing on past, he dropped to a crouching position as the behemoth swung the axe horizontally. In his position, he delivered a quick series of blows to the beast's legs before bailing out as it slammed its weapon into the ground.
I heard a nearly silent cackle behind me followed by the telltale sound of powerful fire magic being charged. I formed a ball of freezing energy in my hand and hurled it back.
The sound of something disappearing than something else appearing was heard. I spun around to see that the ice witch had taken her sister's place and her sister was off in another direction… and they had their spells fully charged.
As a blast of bluish white flew at me from my left, one such of red shot from my right, then everything went black. The last thing I heard was my own scream. Oh Azar, what a corny way to go!
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I heard Raven scream and backflipped out of the Iron Knuckle's attacking range. I turned my head to where Raven had been to see her missing and the obvious signs of the sisters vanishing.
"Dammit!" I nearly screamed, having an extremely good idea of what this could mean. I shot toward the Iron Knuckle once more, but leapt into the air this time and slammed the hilt of my sword down onto the top of its head.
It stopped all movement, sans a subtle vibrating of the armor. Suddenly, the armor began to fall away, piece by piece until the form of Nabooru was revealed. She looked around in confusion before standing and looking straight at me.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked, still sounding confused.
I went up to her and pulled her to her feet. "My name's Gar, but I don't have any time to talk."
"What's going on?" she asked me, seeming to tap into my frantic emotions.
"What's going on is that you're getting out of here and I'm going after the witches."
"Bu-"
I didn't give her a chance to adequately defy my statements as I was already through the door behind the throne.
I ran forward to the platform in the center of the room and climbed the ladder-like brick surface until I reached the top. I approached the center slowly and cautiously. As soon as I reached the center, a pair of twin cackles could be heard echoing through the entire chamber.
Almost immediately thereafter, the witches began to rise from portals on two of the outer platforms. The red haired one spoke first. "Look at that stupid kid!"
The blue haired one continued after her. "He must've come to sacrifice himself to the great Ganondorf!"
I could feel anger boiling up, but forced it back down. I highly doubt that the Beast could ever figure out how to use the Mirror Shield.
The red one had fully emerged from her portal and called out "With my flame, I shall burn you to your bones!"
"With my frost, I shall freeze you to your soul!" the blue one shouted, rising into the air.
Feeling the need to get the last word in, I shouted "A bit cocky, aren't we?"
They ignored me as they circled overhead, gripping each other by their left hands briefly before separating and moving to hover over different platforms.
I held the Mirror Shield at the ready and the red witch shot her fire at me, which I blocked with my shield. I wasn't quite able to get the ice witch with the beam, but I'd figured out how to use it.
The next attack came from the blue one which I was able to deflect straight at her sister, stunning the witch. The red one charged up another spell, which I deftly sent back at the other, stopping her in her tracks.
An expression of realization crossed the witches' faces as if they'd just noticed the shield for the first time.
They then nodded at each other, and I had a feeling that I knew what was coming.
"It's time to get serious Kotake!" the flame ice called to her sister.
"On it Koume!" the other replied, far too gleefully for the atmosphere of the chamber.
The two flew back to grip each other's hand before there was a burst of blue and red. When the after-effects of the explosion faded, I was greeted with one of the most horrifying sights of my lifetime.
A/N: Wow! That was really evil of me! Though, I have the feeling that you'd all have to wait another week or so for this chapter, had I decided to continue with it. So, be happy with what you've got.
Signed,
The Cheese!