Teen Titans Fan Fiction

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A/N: Welcome my friends to the final chapter of Part 5! The next chapter will hold the beginning of part 6, the finale. Thanks everyone, I hope you enjoy it!

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SACRIFICE

Robin's victory seems short lived as Madame Rouge has reappeared. With Raven moving closer, Cyborg and Beast Boy on the move and Starfire watching, can Robin stop Madame Rouge?

Chapter 37 - New Tricks

Robin clenched his fists, this wasn't looking good. Madame Rouge had managed to break free from his best attempt to stop her. He was running out of time and ideas, ice was the only known way to stop her. He had frozen her entire body, and yet she had broken free. Madame Rouge stretched out her neck, first to the right, and then to the left. Loud cracking noises followed, as Rouge was done stretching.

"If that is the best you can do, Robin, you won't last much longer." Madame Rouge mocked. She seemed quite pleased with herself, as the momentum was once again on her side. She made a hooking notion with her right index finger towards herself. Challenging Robin once more, Rouge's right arm changed into a sword once more. This one was a bit different from the others, the blade was skinny, but it was long as a spear.

Robin reached into his utility belt to see what he still had left. He knew he was running out of ice discs, feeling around, he only had three left. Robin pulled out two birdarangs and put them together to form his own sword. Taking a couple steps forward, he stood off once more against Madame Rouge.

"As I said earlier, I'm more than enough to beat you alone." Robin announced, but Starfire had managed to understand his point. She was still uneasy about the thought of Robin fighting alone, but since he had stayed out of her fight with her sister, she would grant him the same here. Still, it didn't mean she had to like it. Robin was often stubborn that way, and she wondered if one day she could ever change him. Starfire took several steps backwards, back to where the entrance was. She pressed her back to the wall as she watched the two face off.

One couldn't be sure if Madame Rouge had heard Robin's words, as she yawned now in mocking fashion. There wasn't any anger in her voice anymore, something had changed. Earlier in the fight, Robin's words had managed to get through to her, and they upset her a great deal. Now, there didn't seem to be any feeling whatsoever when Robin spoke to her.

Robin's eyes narrowed as he observed Rouge's change in body language. What's different now? I'm not sensing that anything is different, so why? Why is she so calm and composed now? Robin gripped the handle of his sword a bit harder, it make a quiet squeaking noise as it brushed with his green glove. Madame Rouge seemed to have caught onto what Robin was thinking, and she smiled.

"I suppose now would be an excellent time for me to finish you..." Rouge ran the long samurai sword along the ground. Robin could tell how sharp it was, the blade was slicing through the ground like a knife on butter. One slip, and it was all over. Robin's eyes looked around, trying to find something that he could use to his advantage. A wall, a lantern, a larger rock, anything at all he'd be willing to take at this point. However, Robin could see nothing that he could use to his advantage against his opponent. He was going to have to fight her way. Madame Rouge raised an eyebrow as Robin took her eyes off her for a split second and charged.

Robin's eyes turned back to see Madame Rouge charge at him. Robin held his sword up parallel to his shoulders. Waiting for Rouge to show her initial attack, Robin acted as Rouge tried decapitating his head. Ducking, Robin saw his window of opportunity. Because Rouge had swung at him, her body was overextended to one side, leaving her backside wide open. Robin spun around once and with his right hand, swung his own right at her exposed backside. Robin's red and yellow blade, however was met with another one instead of Rouge's backside. Robin's eyes widened as he saw what had happened. To protect herself in case she missed, Madame Rouge had used her other arm as a potential shield, as it had changed into a smaller sword to block his own. To make matters worse, she did it all without looking. Robin cursed and leaped behind Madame Rouge. Getting himself up, he took another defensive stance as Madame Rouge took her time before facing him once more.

Robin held his ground as he waited for Madame Rouge to make her next move. Rouge's mannerisms had completely altered from just minutes before. Normally, Rouge had little to fear, her body was indestructible so she never had to focus on her defense. The fact of herself protecting her body was the biggest giveaway. Madame Rouge had learned several new tricks. If she had this sort of ability from the very start, then she's just been toying with me from the very beginning. Her anger was probably an act too, and I fell for it hook, line and sinker.

"Do you finally understand now? I have been playing with you from the very start." Madame Rouge sort of chuckled as she slowly turned to face Robin once more. "Perhaps it is time I show you some new skills I have developed with this..." Rouge's eyes moved towards her long samurai sword. If Robin had to guess, she had been practicing with it, just for him. How thoughtful...

Madame Rouge's right arm changed into a short sword and her left arm had changed into her new weapon of choice. Smiling, she charged at him once more. Robin knew what had to be done. In the chance you didn't know how to stop an attack, the only choice was to hit the person before they could hit you. Robin thought he had caught a break, as Rouge had tried stabbing at him with her short sword this time. Since his sword was longer, he had a reaching advantage. Robin himself stabbed right at her, this was sure to hit her. Right as his eyes saw his sword about to hit his target, Robin felt a searing pain in his right shoulder. Looking over, Rouge had played another trick, she had extended her short sword into a much longer one, and it had pierced him.

Starfire's green eyes grew as large as they could as she saw what had happened. "Robin!!!!" She was about to move towards him, but Rouge threw Robin, who was still lodged in her sword over to her. Starfire caught him with both arms and they both landed gently on the floor. Madame Rouge changed her left arm back into her hand, and she licked some of the blood leftover. She smiled and closed her eyes a bit. Yes, this was too easy to trick you...

"Do you see now? You were never a match for me, Robin. You and your friends never were..." Madame Rouge chuckled for a few moments. Starfire's eyes started to glow as she had heard every single word. Robin is not weak, you were the one who played a mean and dirty trick! Robin would not lose if you had not done such cruel things! Starfire stood up and her hands started to glow green as well. Rouge lifted an eyebrow as she saw what was developing right in front of her. Starfire was about to charge at Rouge, but a hand had caught her right wrist and she looked over to see who it was.

Robin had grabbed her wrist, and stood up once more. Picking up his sword from the ground, he walked right past Starfire without even looking at her. Starfire wanted to shout at him at the top of her lungs. He was wounded once more, but for a split second, she thought she saw something. Robin always gave reasons for him telling things to Starfire, but he had not spoken a word or even gave her a glance. Starfire had heard of these, a duel amongst two warriors. She herself had experienced it, and it was something nobody could ever interfere with. Starfire's eyes looked towards Robin's wounded area, but she was surprised to find it had already stopped bleeding.

I can't put it off any longer, I have to use them now. True Master, I won't let you down!

"Lucky for me, you aim is about as good as your face. You missed every single major artery and internal organ. I'd be embarrassed..." Robin spoke up, but with a much deeper voice. Rouge's vein in her forehead returned for a split second. Taking both swords in an offensive position, she charged at Robin again. Try and stop this one, little man!

Robin saw first the large blade stabbing right at him. He turned his body, and he could feel the blade almost brush up against his own chest. Without taking his eyes off Rouge, Robin saw her next move. A diagonal swing downward with her left sword. Robin planted his foot and braced himself against the force of Rouge's blade. Both blade's collided, with both warriors pushing against each other. Rouge slammed her long samurai sword against Robin's blade, and he fell to one knee. Rouge was pushing both swords down, it was only a matter of time now.

"I told you that you were no match for me." Rouge chuckled, as Robin's blade was slowly backing up to his neck. If she managed to push through to his neck, the game would be over. "You are pathetic, Robin. You can not win by yourself." Rouge pushed a bit harder, her two blades were now within inches of his neck.

"I'm..." Robin started, his teeth were clenched hard.

"Not..." Robin pushed as hard as he could. Rouge's eyes grew larger as she was now being pushed back, as Robin got up to both feet.

"Alone!" Rouge felt her body fly forward, as Robin released the pressure of his sword. Robin sidestepped Rouge and spun in around her. Rouge could not believe it, Robin had tricked her into using her own strength against her, and her back was now exposed. In slow motion, Rouge's eyes saw Robin dropping below both swords as he spun from in front of her. "You aren't the only one who's learned a few new tricks, Rouge..." Robin whispered as he passed by her ears.

"Here's something I picked up in Asia...Dragon sword!!!" Robin shouted as he planted his right foot into the ground. Using his right arm, Robin struck at Rouge with a rising sword strike. It hit Rouge in the lower back, and threw her to the ceiling as he extended his body completely. Rouge fell to the ground with several large rocks, some of them could have been boulders. Robin took apart his sword as they changed into birdarangs. Reaching into his utility belt, he pulled out his last 3 ice discs and waited.

Madame Rouge changed her body, as it was now as skinny as a toothpick, but as nimble as a snake. Her face was contorted, as she was really mad this time. As she put one hand on a boulder, Robin's eye twitched. Throwing all 3 of his discs, Robin followed by hurling the birdarang in his other hand at the center disc. Rouge's eyes grew larger once more at the familiar sight. A blinding light encompassed the entire room as the birdarang connected with the center disc, and Starfire lost sight of the two in front of her. As the light cleared up, Starfire looked around the room, trying to make out her surroundings. Her eyes grew larger as she was shocked to see what was in front of her.

Starfire could not see anything but a very large ice structure. Madame Rouge was nowhere to be seen within it. Starfire did not understand completely what was going on, but Robin was just standing there, looking straight ahead. He took several steps forward, and spoke two words to the ice mass in front of him, "I win."

Starfire flew towards Robin and put her hand on his right shoulder. As she landed, she could not help but think if she would repeat what she did earlier. She turned to ask, "Robin, I am worried that the Madame Rouge will break free like last time..."

"She can't." Robin started to explain, "This place is filled with limestone. I froze the limestone, not Madame Rouge. When her hand was on the rock, it bonded with her entire body when I froze it. Given our location and the altitude, it's going to take her a while to break free from this. By then, we should have things wrapped up here."

Robin took several more steps and pressed his face close to the ice. He could see the outline of Madame Rouge's face, she was struggling to break free of all the ice. "The True Master says hello. I learned swordsmanship from her. You lose again, Rouge..."

Starfire spoke up, "You are really victorious, Robin?"

Robin turned to see she was holding both hands and with a great look of concern. Smiling he nodded, "Thank you, Starfire, I could not have done it without your help."

"What do you mean, Robin?" Starfire asked a bit puzzled.

"If you had not been here to support me, I would have lost a long time ago..." Robin reached into his shirt and pulled out his necklace, holding his ring. He took it off his neck and showed it to her. The ring Starfire had given him had a large dent in the side, and she didn't understand what it meant.

"When Rouge stabbed me, her blow was redirected a bit by this ring. It moved around constantly while I was fighting. The ring took the brute force of her attack, if it had hit me full force, the fight would have been over. It was your love that saved me, so thank you. And I'm sorry I yelled earlier." Robin took back his ring and put it back around his neck. Looking over, Starfire nearly had tears in her eyes again.

Robin grabbed her hand and they both continued onward, Slade was just waiting up ahead. Slade...this ends now!

Meanwhile, in the final shrine holding area...

Slade pressed a button on his wrist. The monitors on the screen all turned black as they shut off. From underneath his mask, Slade smiled. Good, Robin. I knew you would find a way. Now come and collect your reward for making it this far. You have shown me too much, Robin. Starfire is the biggest cancer that stops you from being who you really are. Come, I am waiting for you to arrive!

Slade walked over and sat down on his chair. He began visualizing his preparations, and started making his final touches. Punching his fists together, strong currents of electricity sparked from them. "Good, my new weapons are ready. I am prepared as well..." Slade leaped up and kicked over his stone chair. It crumbled from the force of his attack.

"I am stronger!" Slade pounded the ground. More electricity shot from his hands as it ran from the ground up to the monitors. They all exploded from short circuiting as each came into contact.

"I'm faster!" Slade moved around as if faster than lightning and imitated several movements against an invisible opponent.

"And I'm smarter..." Slade stopped as several monitors fell to the floor. "Come and get me, Dick Grayson..."

Meanwhile, back with Robin and Starfire...

Robin took out his communicator. Both of them were nearly at the final door. Both himself and Starfire had broken through their opponents and yet, they hadn't heard a word from either Raven, Beast Boy, or Cyborg. Flipping it open, he started, "Robin to Beast Boy, Raven, or Cyborg. Someone please respond..."

Raven's familiar voice came out, "I'm here. You guys still alive?" Her familiar face came back on the screen, and Robin and Starfire could both see that she was back to wearing her blue cloak.

"We are, a few bumps and bruises. What's your current location?" Robin asked.

"I'm currently in some weird dark cavern. It looks like there was a battle, I'm guessing Starfire and her sister?" Raven answered. She turned around as there were thousands of rocks of all sizes on the ground. Starfire blushed a bit as she saw the damage that was done to the area all around the area.

"Good, you've almost caught up to us. Have you heard from Beast Boy or Cyborg at all?" Robin asked, as it had been the longest since they heard anything from them.

"No, and this shrine has too much interference for me to make psychic contact." Raven shook her head as she spoke up.

Robin's eyes narrowed. He thought silently for a minute before continuing, "I need you to go back and look for them."

Raven raised an eyebrow, "Something you wanna share?" She had almost caught up to them, and yet Robin was telling her to go back now.

"No..." Robin answered plainly. He had a very bad habit of not explaining everything to everyone, and he was still using them now. Raven sighed for a bit before answering, "Ok, I'm going back. Can you guys finish the job on your own?"

Raven never got an answer as her screen went blank. Fine, you can do dishes when it's my turn next week. Turning back around, Raven started flying back to where Cyborg and Beast Boy had jumped into the hole, looking for Terra.

Robin put his communicator back into his utility belt and started walking. He was about halfway to the door, but he never heard Starfire's footsteps. He stopped before he reached the door and turned around. Starfire had not moved and was waiting where they had stopped. Robin, a bit confused, walked silently back to where she was. "Starfire?"

Starfire ran into his arms as Robin stopped. "I know you must fight Slade now, but I am not going to sit idly by this time! I was unable to save you the last time, I can not go through losing you again..."

Robin's eyes widened as he heard her speak. He had not thought of how she had endured during his capture. Feeling a bit nostalgic, he finally answered her, "I don't intend you to." Starfire looked up at him, their faces mere inches from each other. "Let's beat him together, then we can go home. I think Representative Hill still wanted to make parade preparations. After that, would you like to take a weekend to Gotham City? You know, just the two of us?"

Starfire smiled as she heard his proposal. "Yes, I would like that very much."

A word wasn't spoken as the two kissed each other for several long minutes. Each had to gasp for air several times, and as they both finished, they needed to wipe their mouths from a bit of excess fluids. Robin held her close in his arms for another few quiet moments. Starfire enjoyed the warm feeling of his arms and the security it symbolized. Taking a deep breath, she was able to smell him. "I love the way your shirts smell..."

Robin chuckled a bit. "I'll make you a deal. When I die, you can have all my red shirts..."

Starfire dropped her head a bit, but Robin caught his mistake and picked her chin up with his left hand. "Hey, hey, hey...I'm not going anywhere. I made you a promise, didn't I?" Robin smiled at her as he finished. "I love you, Starfire, nothing's going to happen."

Starfire nodded and she put both hands on his cheeks. She moved her hands up, and both hands were soon on the the outlines of his mask. Robin's breathing quickened a bit as he brought his hands up to stop her, but instead just closed his eyes. Starfire pulled his mask down and held it in her hand, finally able to stare at the full face of the man she had fallen in love with. "Robin..." She spoke very quietly, almost in a whisper, as Robin slowly opened his eyes. Starfire smiled at him and she kissed him again. "I love you, too. I always have..." She spoke as she released from him. Starfire put his mask back on, grabbed his hand and held it up to her face. "You better keep your promise. I'm holding you to that."

Robin nodded as he finally spoke up, "Ok, then. Let's beat Slade and go home..."

Starfire nodded as the doors in front of them opened, with Slade standing alone waiting for them both. "Welcome, Robin and Starfire. Your preparations are quite touching, but I'm afraid this is where it ends for both of you..."

Starfire and Robin have finally made their way to Slade. Raven has been sent back to find Cyborg and Beast Boy for a reason known only to Robin. What secrets has he uncovered, and will they help them in their fight against Slade?

Next Time: Chapter 38 - Mistaken Identities (Part 1 of Finale)

The fight with Slade seems eerily familiar to both Robin and Starfire. The opening round of the final battle is about to start! You definitely won't wanna miss it!

A/N: And with that, I bring to a close Part 5. I hope you'll stay around for Part 6, the finale. If you loved or hated it, I ask that you review my story. Take care guys and gals, I'll see ya'll then!