Beast Boy: Soooo... I've been thinking.
Raven: I'd make a witty remark, but it's already implied.
Beast Boy. Oh, stuff it. Anyway, we need theme songs.
(Everyone looks in horror between Beast Boy and a open-mouthed shocked Raven)
Raven: What did you just say to me?!
Beast Boy: Oh, shit. (BB starts running, but gets caught by Raven's powers)
Starfire: Friend Beast Boy makes a point. We need the songs of theme. It would be below temperate.
Robin: You mean "It'd be cool?" Yeah...it would be.
Me: I have some :D Here ya go
Raven: Black Magic Woman, Numb, Faint, In the End, What I've Become, Do You Believe In Magic (There's a lot there, eh?)
Robin: Rockin' Robin
Beast Boy: Wild Thing, It Ain't Easy Bein' Green, Animal I've Become.
Cyborg: Iron Man
Starfire: Not sure, reviewers help!
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
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Raven arrived just in time to see the...whatever it was...rise from the ground. It looked like Beast Boy, but...
As Raven joined the rest of her fellow Titans, the "angel" finally spoke.
"This has gone on long enough. You've hurt my friends, and you've hurt those I love. I will not allow further harm upon them. Say your prayers," He spoke. It was not Beast Boy's voice. It sounded like the Fusion's, as though the changeling and Raven were speaking in unison. Everyone turned to stare at Raven, who held her hands out and shook her head in a "Like I know?" manner.
Suddenly, Beast Boy made his move. He lashed out, striking Trigon a heavy blow with the sword. Trigon, unable to avoid, took the strike on his left arm, bellowing in pain as a small stream of black blood began to run. The demon leapt forward, but Beast Boy was took quick. Flexing his wings, he took off to the skies, firing black energy shots from his sword as he ascended.
Trigon roared again. "Who are you that you dare to challenge my power?!" He bellowed in rage. He fired a red beam at Beast Boy, but the angel simply shielded himself.
"Oh, it's not a matter of who, Kilt-Boy," Beast Boy taunted. He may have looked regal, but he was still him. "No, it's not who I am. It's what I am that should be concerning you," He finished, diving at the demon.
Trigon took a wild swing at Beast Boy, causing the black-clad boy to cancel the dive in favor of living. The demon fired another beam, which Beast Boy simply rolled to dodge.
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Everyone looked upon the raging battle, mouths agape and eyes wide. It's not a matter of who... It's a matter of what? I don't understand, Raven thought, confused. She searched her brain, looking for answers.
"I...I don't understand? He looks like...like a dark angel. Like the image someone might use to describe Lucifer before his fall. I don't..." Raven trailed off as she fell into memory.
Memory
"Beast Boy, what is this?" Raven asked. Beast Boy presented her with a book-shaped gift wrapped in black paper with a gold ribbon.
"It's your birthday present. I know you don't like a big celebration for your birthday, so I just figured I'd give you a present quietly," He replied, gently pushing the book into Raven's hands.
"I...that's thoughtful of you. Thank you," She gave him a small smile and went to her room.
Once inside, she slowly removed the paper, careful to save the ribbon. She held in her hands a leather-bound, untitled book, with a raven embroidered in a beautiful purple on the front. Mouth slightly open, she cracked the book open. There was no table of contents. Instead, there was simply what was obviously a hand-drawn picture. It portrayed herself meditating in the common room.
Raven cocked her head to the side, interested. She flipped to the next page, realizing that this was a picture book. The next page held an image of her in a white cloak, a tear in her eye. On a table behind her lay Malchoir's book. Raven was stunned. "Did he draw all of these?" She wondered aloud. There was so much...detail. Lifelike in their appearances.
Page after page of beautiful pictures, each portraying her in some manner: Watching the sun rise, watching a storm outside her window, reading, an emotions portrait with herself and all of the emotions in her mind, and to her amusement two of herself throwing Beast Boy out a window. There were at least 50 pages in the book, so it was a good two hours before she reached the end.
Finally, she turned to the last page. On it was an image of an angel garbed in black. The face was Raven's, beautifully detailed. On the bottom, words in purple writing read "For my dark angel."
Raven fainted on the spot.
End memory
Raven smiled. Now she knew. "I have a bit of you in me. It's part of who I am," She remembered. He had used the inherited powers of his Azarathian bloodline to manipulate his emotions, his feelings, into a physical form. He was, indeed, the dark angel he perceived her as.
Two can play at that game, She smiled.
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Beast Boy swung the beautiful sword repeatedly, blocking Trigon's beams as they flew at him. The others looked on, unsure of what to do. The army of demons had vanished, Trigon drawing them back into himself to further his own power.
Robin looked at Cyborg, who smirked back at him. "I got the sonic if you got the boom," Cyborg said. Robin nodded, and pulled out several concussive discs.
"Well, if Cy's got the sonic and Robin's got the boom, I've got the rock n' roll," Terra grinned, hefting a boulder.
Starfire's hands glowed green. "And if you've got the rock, I've got the star," She added. Everyone turned around to stare at the alien. Starfire blushed slightly.
"Well, Cyborg decided that since I taught him my language that he would teach me his," Starfire explained. Robin rolled his eyes.
"Alright! Double Sonic Boom!" Cyborg cried. All four of them ran forward, not noticing that Raven had disappeared. Cyborg fired his cannon, merging with Starfire's starbeams. The beam intercepted Robin's thrown discs and the small boulders Terra threw. The resulting explosion threw Trigon right into Slade, who struck with his staff. Slade hit Trigon away towards Beast Boy, who struck a heavy blow to the demon's chest.
Trigon roared in pain as the Titans high-fived each other. That's when they realized they were missing someone.
"Where'd Raven go?" Robin asked. He looked to the group for answers, but found nothing but heads shaking. "Great...Just what we need," He muttered.
Raven had slipped off right as the others had began their Sonic Boom. Beast Boy's powerful in his current form, but I still don't think it's enough, even with the others helping. But... Raven smiled. She thought back into memory.
Flashback
"So let's review the hard facts," Raven stood up, commencing the conversation. "Mumbo Jumbo threw Beast Boy" She cringed at the name, "and I into a weird combination of our two bodies. That caused some serious disturbance in here, in Nevermore. Presumably, it shook this place up enough to wake Trigon up," Raven looked over to Slade for confirmation. "Correct. The sudden disturbance Rage sustained roused him."
"Now he's out for revenge in classic villain style. He believes Slade is helping him return to power, but in reality Slade is seizing the opportunity to destroy what's left of Trigon before he regains too much more strength. Therefore, we need to find out how exactly we're going to do this, because I get the feeling it's going to take more than a frontal assault alone to do it." She finished. Everyone nodded and voiced their agreement. Suddenly, both Knowledge and Braved shot straight up.
"What?" Raven turned to her emotions. "We have to go. Now." Brave said.
Raven, interested and concerned, looked on through the eyes of Brave and Knowledge. On the table of the common room. Knowledge took a glance at it, and her eyes were drawn to one part.
And lastly...I don't know what to say. I really just don't, Raven. When we met, you actually said you thought I was funny. I thought that maybe I had found a girl who could appreciate me. And I don't know what I did to blow that, but you've hated me ever since. I tried as hard as I could. I risked having my head and my ass being placed in two different dimensions by daring to get near you when no one else would. I was there for you when Malchoir hurt you. I guess you didn't notice, but every time you were hurt in battle I went berserk.
The Beast came out twice for you, both when Adonis tried to attack you and when Slade tried to take you on the fateful night that was almost the end of the world. But apparently you don't give a damn. After all I had done, all I had dared to do, the support I had given when no one else could, you wait right until I've just gathered the courage to reveal my feelings to slap me in the face. I just hope that it made you happy. That's all I've wanted, was to see you happy. If shredding my heart was what it took, so be it I guess.
Back in Nevermore, Raven struggled to fight tears.
End Flashback
Two times when I was in grave danger, Raven mused. Yes, that was it. That was what he was to him: her guardian, her savior.
Closing her eyes, Raven let her mind drift into thoughts of all the times that Beast Boy had saved her. From the mechanical soldiers of Mad Mod to Slade's minions, from Adonis to Trigon. And, like Beast Boy before her, she slid into the shadows of Azarath.
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Trigon roared in victory as a beam finally clipped Beast Boy's left wing, causing the boy to fall gracefully to the ground, the wing sizzling. Beast Boy growled and sent another couple of shots from his sword, which Trigon rolled to avoid. The demon leapt forward, catching Beast Boy off balance and delivering a merciless haymaker to the changeling's face.
The force of the blow blasted Beast Boy backwards, causing him to slide across the ground. He heard shouts of concern from his friends, but as they tried to rush forward they were blasted back by Trigon.
"No!" Beast Boy cried as he rolled to avoid Trigon's body slamming on top of him. The angel in black got back up on his feet and slashed at Trigon, who took it directly on his right leg. The demon roared in rage and backhanded Beast Boy to the ground. Then, before anyonr knew what had happened, Trigon pinned Beast Boy to the ground, his right hand around the boy's throat.
"Quite a surprise, green one. I did not expect you to put up this much of a fight. But, as inevitable as it was from the beginning, you too shall fall. You fail to realize that no mere mortal can stand to my vast power, incomplete though it may be. And now, you will experience first hand the consequences of interfe-AHHH!" Trigon was knocked off of Beast Boy and into the remains of the church. Snarling, he got to his feet and searched for the offending creature. He didn't have to look long.
As Beast Boy's Azarathian side healed his body, it stood by his side. Covered in white fur and adorned with a chakra gem on its forehead, it raised its head. Its hands had long claws, and it looked extremely muscular.
Together, the dark angel and the pure Beast stood. Beast Boy smirked at Trigon, who was looking between the two with a confused expression.
"What took you so long, Raven?" He turned to the Beast with an amused smile. Everyone gawked.
"Uhm...am I the only one that just heard Beast Boy call that thing Raven?" Robin asked. Everyone shook their head except Slade, who simply laughed. Everyone turned and looked at him, questioning.
"You fail to comprehend the depth of the magician's spell. It has changed both of them. And it would seem that right now, change is good," Slade said. That just further confused the Titans. Slade sighed.
"The Azarathian bloodline is very...contagious. Yes, that's a good word for it. When a non-Azarathian becomes deeply involved with an Azarathian, that bloodline extends. It is part of the magic that Azarath contains in its inhabitants.
I believe that when your two friends were 'fused,' they both gave the other a bit of, well, them. If I am not mistaken, Beast Boy's pre-existing abilities have allowed him to become a mirror image of Raven. Or, rather, the Raven he sees. And consequently, by the same power I believe Raven has copied the trick"
Slade finished.
"Whoa. So...now they're both half-breeds? And they both have each others' powers?" Cyborg asked.
"Somewhat. I do not believe Raven will be able to turn into any animal, and likewise I do not believe that Beast Boy will share Raven's empathy or telekinetic abilities. But I do believe that Trigon has met his match," Slade said smugly.
Sure enough, the tide of the battle changed. Trigon was being double teamed now. Beast Boy slashed again and again at the demon. And when Trigon would move to avoid the blows, Raven would be right there to deliver crushing punches, kicks, slashes and bites. It was a mad dance: all three of them sidestepping, twisting, ducking to avoid the other attacks.
Finally, slowly, Trigon was brought to his knees. Beast Boy looked up. "Together?" He asked Raven. She nodded, and they both wrapped their hands around the hilt of Beast Boy's sword. Raising it, they forced it down with all of their strength, plunging it directly through Trigon's heart.
The demon gave a final, mighty roar as darkness seemed to be literally pulled from the skies and ground, returning to its master before disappearing for good as Trigon fell limp. Then, his body simply...vanished, leaving the sword sticking in the ground covered to the hilt in black blood.
Beast Boy and Raven looked at each other as they reverted back to their original states of being. Soon they stood there, with Beast Boy's green skin and pointy tooth and Raven's pale complexion and chakra gem in her forehead.
"He...he's gone. You were right. We won...we did it..." Raven whispered. Her eyes watered with sheer emotion as she blasted Beast Boy in a Happy/Starfire hug.
"I...told...you...so..." Beast Boy choked out. Finally, the half-demon let him go. He took a minute to regain sufficient amounts of oxygen to utilize his brain before speaking again.
"I told you, Raven. We don't give up. Especially when we've got all the checkers," He said with a grin. Everyone looked at him strangely.
"You mean 'when we hold all the cards?'" Starfire asked dubiously. Everyone turned and gave Starfire an even weirder look.
"Since when do you correct other people?" Cyborg teased, earning a Tamaranian bitch-slap. "Ow!" He cried. Starfire just glowered at him.
Raven took a deep breath. She needed to lighten her load. Badly. "Bea...Garfield?" She got his attention. "Yeah?"
"I'm...sorry. For a lot of things. For hurting you earlier, when I brought Terra back. No offense to you, Terra," She added quickly. The blonde gave a small laugh and nodded. Returning the smile, Raven continued.
"I shouldn't have done that to you, and for that I am so sorry. I...well...I saw the letter," She looked down at the ground. Beast Boy loomed horrified.
"Raven, I wasn't thinking clearly when I wro-" Raven smiled and put a hand up to silence him.
"Let me finish. I saw the letter, and I know now just how damn hard you've been trying to reach out. Consequently, I've also realized just how much of a cold, hard hearted bitch I've been about it," She looked away as she said that.
Beast Boy couldn't help but laugh a bit. This was so...unreal. Raven, finally acknowledging his efforts? "Tell ya what, I'll make you a deal," He said conversationally. Raven looked at him warily.
"Ok, what's the catch," Raven said with a sigh. Knowing him, she'd probably have to show her apology by doing something stupid or humiliating. So what came next surprised her.
"You love me and I'll love you back. Deal?" He held his hand out. From behind him, sounds of gagging, groaning and one "Awwww!" were heard.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Robin muttered.
"Like you're one to talk. I say that every time you drool all over Starfire," Cyborg muttered back.
"Hey!" The Boy Wonder frowned. And, of course...
"Why would friend Robin wish to do the sharing of saliva with me?" Starfire queried. Everyone except Robin busted a gut in laughter.
Ignoring the idiots, Raven gave possibly the biggest smile she'd ever given. "Deal," She said, grabbing his hand. And with that, he pulled her into his embrace and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She just let her head loll on his shoulder in bliss, lost in her own world.
Under his mask, Slade smirked. One pair of lovebirds had finally made it official. He let out a small sigh and shook his head.
"Shall we return to the Tower?" Slade inquired. Everyone nodded their heads, and they headed back for the portal.
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Longest chapter yet! Next chapter will be the end of Fused, BUT WAIT! There's more! Raven, do the honors.
Raven: Joy. Well, since you asked so nicely...On the set of Fused, some seriously funny shit happened. Bloopers, outtakes, and various other humorous activities will be shown in future chapters, so keep updated.
Beast Boy: Yeah, we had some good times. Especially when Raven came out and...
Robin: Ssssh! You'll spoil it for everyone!