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Starfire: Glorious! Three more reviews!
Raven: Yay. Wait, where the hell's my cloak?
Beast Boy: (dressed like Yami Yugi from Yugioh, using Raven's cloak for the school uniform) If you want your cloak back, you will duel me for it! (waves his card deck in her face).
Raven: ...Ok, I'll bargain. We'll play your stupid little game. Don't give me that look, I can read your mind and learn how to play perfectly well. Give me ten minutes to sift through your collection, make a deck, and the winner does everything the winner tells them to do for the next month.
Beast Boy: (grinning evilly) Deal!
(15 minutes later)
Beast Boy: WTF! That is such a crock of...
Raven: Beast Boy, I'm sicing three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and a 5000 ATK Satelite Cannon on you. First thing you're doing is giving me my damned cloak back.
Beast Boy: (getting laughed at by the others) Fine...
Cyborg: And now, having been entirely random, we present to you the next chapter of Fused!
Beast Boy: And don't forget my promise! Seven more reviews and Raven does a-"
Raven: I love having powers that stem from darkness. (The cards glow, the monsters come out and and one of the Dragons blasts him out the window) Hey, someone had to do it. I'm getting lazy...
Theme Song fun!
When there's trouble you know who to call. Teen Titans!
From their tower, they can see it all. Teen Titans!
When there's evil on the attack
You can rest knowing they got your back
'Cuz when the world needs heroes on patrol, Teen Titans GO!
With their superpowers they unite. Teen Titans!
Never met a villain that they liked. Teen Titans!
They've got the bad guys on the run
They never stop 'till the job gets done
'Cuz when the world is losin' all control
Teen Titans GO! Teen Titans GO!
If your heart is black you better watch out
You cannot escape the team
When they catch you there won't be any doubt
You've been beaten by the teens
Beaten by the teens
Previously, on Fused...
"Sorry, Starfire. But look at the big picture. We stop Trigon now, he's toast and millions, billions of people are saved at the cost of one. We let him go, we may find that there is no way to get Beast Boy back and we let Trigon take the world in his hand because of our lack of action," Robin couldn't look Starfire straight in the eye. "Ok, show of hands. All in favor of going up and taking Trigon down, hands up," Robin watched the crowd of emotions, Titans and Slade. The hands of Knowledge, Brave, Cyborg, Slade, Rage, Rude, and surprisingly Happy rose. Robin cocked an eyebrow and counted. "Seven in favor. Everyone against taking Trigon down now, hands up," Robin counted. Starfire, Raven, Timid, Love and Wisdom shot up.
"Seven in favor, five against," Robin tallied up. "Looks like we're headed topside." Starfire's eyes glowed bright green. "How can we just annihilate a friend like this? There has to be another way! Has to be," Starfire began to cry softly as they made their way to the Forbidden Door. She wasn't the only one, either. Raven was in tears as well, looking down at the ground as she walked. She whirled around, tears whipping into her hair at a touch on her shoulder. "May I have a second?" Slade asked. Raven nodded and slowed down, reaching the back of the group.
"When I confronted Trigon, Beast Boy was able to speak momentarily. Although I could relate his message to you myself, it would be better for you to see it," And with that, he placed a finger to the gem on her forehead. Instantly, the memory flooded into Raven's mind.
Raven was in Beast Boy's room, looking at Trigon's green form. "Recharge your powers. hm? You don't have the strength to withstand an all-out assault from the Titans and myself," Slade realized aloud. Trigon laughed again. "Maybe, mortal, but if you destroy me you destroy him as well. Are you really willing t-" Trigon's speech was cut off as his face began changing. Soon it became that of the regular Fusion. "Slade, listen to me," Beast Boy's voice rang out in desperation. "I can't keep this up long. Tell her...tell Raven.. I'm sorry. I was a selfish ass who doesn't even deserve her. Tell her that so I can be at rest when you have to destroy me."
Raven's eyes flew open with fresh tears. "Damn him," Raven would have been somewhat happier if Beast Boy had at least gotten over her or given up when they destroyed him. But no, he just had to still love her. Raven looked up to the skies of Nevermore, wondering how the hell one spell from Mumbo Jumbo could create this much trouble.
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"How can you humans stand to be so damned small?" Trigon was having difficulty adjusting to not being 500 feet tall. It pissed him off that he could no longer punch a wall and instantly obliterate it. Not to mention the dangers of insignificant items that weren't so insignificant now. Items such as the XBox controller he had just stepped on, sending him into a rage of curses.
Beast Boy was laughing in his small part of the mind. "Might as well enjoy my last few days," He thought. He knew that his friends would make the logical choice and destroy the Fusion, him included, to stop Trigon before he gained more power. "You see, green one? Raven cares naught about you. She is perfectly willing to blow you away just to complete her own vengeful ends against me," Trigon said with a smirk in his mental voice. Beast Boy ignored him, just like he had been for the past hour. They were destroying Trigon; he just happened to be stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"At least I was able to tell her... I hope she gets over me after I go. What does she always say? God? No... Oh yeah. Azar. Azar be with her. Give her strength in this..." Beast Boy felt strange giving a final prayer to a god, or at least a powerful figure in Azarathian culture, that he knew nothing about. But it was someone Raven believed in, and that was all he needed to know. He thought wistfully back to the last time he heard the line "that's all we need to know."
Flashback
"I said NO!" Raven turned whirled at him, eyes colored read. The tofu eggs in Beast Boy's hands exploded upward, and she left the room hurriedly. "Maybe you should go apologize," Robin suggested.
"Me? I'm not the one who just turned breakfast into a battlefield." Beast Boy exclaimed. "Yeah, but after the weirdness that went down last night you should know better than to go messin' with her," Cyborg added, crossing the room to do the dishes.
"I was trying to be nice," Beast Boy said "but no matter how hard I try she still treats me like tofu eggs!" He exclaimed. Continuing on his rant, he said "You know, she's never once laughed at any of my jokes?"
"At least she listens. I just kinda tune ya out," Cyborg said, not looking up from the dishes. Beast Boy frowned.
"Raven is...complicated. There is much about her we are not meant to understand." Starfire said warmly. "Then how are we supposed to deal with her? How can we even trust her? I mean" Beast Boy started to rant again, but Robin cut him off.
"She's our friend. What more do we need to know?"
A/N: Thank God for downloadable episodes. Makes memory sequences way easier. Entire scene is from "Nevermore."
End flashback
Beast Boy would have smiled if he could. It was on that day that Cyborg and himself were fated to meet Raven's emotions, ultimately helping Raven to reassert control over Rage, who at the time had taken on a Trigon-like appearance. Now, ironically enough, he had taken on a similar transformation and his friends were coming to stop him.
They exited the Forbidden Door in groups of three, as to not overcrowd Raven's room. Only two of Raven's emotions could follow, so they chose Brave and Rage for their fighting skills. Slade led the group, tracing his steps back to the broken down door of Beast Boy's room. Trigon no longer remained there, however.
"Damn," Slade cursed aloud. "Got him! He's in the common room," Cyborg said, pointing to the radar on his arm. They all nodded and began to make their way towards the area of interest. Reaching the door, Robin stepped forward and pressed his hand to the recognition panel. The twin hydraulic doors slid to the side with a hiss to reveal the green demon sitting in front of the computer, researching the Fusion further. He spun in the chair as the doors opened.
"Ah. So you finally came. I was wondering how much time I had before I was confronted. Your friend really is quite amusing. His pathetic memories, weak jokes and attempts to resist me all entertain me greatly. A pity he will have to be disposed of if you want to destroy me," Trigon laughed twistedly.
"Beast Boy, if you can hear me... I'm sorry too. Sorry I ever brought her out," Raven said, jerking a thumb at the blonde-haired girl behind her. Terra spluttered in protest, but the truth was that she couldn't deny the pain she caused Beast Boy. As Trigon rose from the seat, a small army of his hellfire soldiers materialized from the ground.
"I... I was thoughtless. I always have been, to you. I-," She was cut off as Trigon swung the first punch. Raven dodged, and as the battle began she continued. "I always treated you like crap. You're the only person that never gave up the cause of making me feel... human." She dodged another flurry of punches, unrelenting in her speech. She sliced through a few demon soldiers with an Azarathian energy blade and continued.
"You were always there, trying to make me laugh. You were there when I needed someone to lean on, and you were there every time I was about to get hurt. If you had your own body right now, I know you'd be back to back with me so you'd be able to protect me," She said, grabbing two demons and slamming them together with her bare hands. "I am so sorry it has to go down like this, Beast Boy. You will always be the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing I think about before sleep takes me." She rolled to dodge a barrage of swords.
Closing her eyes, she said "Goodbye, Beast Boy." She turned to the battle, focused 150 percent on it and fueled by pure fury. Yet... she didn't grow her usual four eyes. Or go into tentacle mode. Instead, a calm, cold rage settled into her heart as she leapt directly through a line of demon soldiers, ripping them apart with her bare hands as he flew towards Trigon.
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