Teen Titans; Sun and Moon Rhapsody – Illuminate My Earth

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Chapter 9: Clash Among Decaying Lands

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Turning this sugarplum fairy into a deadly reaper! Watch out – Ava is about to go Berserk. No more waiting!

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Aiden and Anna scaled the world they'd left behind; defenseless, yet not broken.

"Do you see her anywhere??" Aiden tried to ask while keeping his head low. "What…. ice beasts?"

"And shadow, look!" Anna pointed at Shoji as his daemon's body was of a hell hound like Ayane had said.

~ We want you to cease your conquest of the human race, Lord of Death. ~

The shuffling of icy white fur was strange, yet the ghastly god of the underworld was never alone. Ava's new guise and smile graced Shoji serendipitously, yet never the more…this was not to be a happy end.

~ He doth not cower, my lord. ~ Ava wondered with a coyly cocked head, her eyes to the dog as Hades sat at a throne of miasma, ice keeping it solid for him.

"He stole –

"Shush." Anna clapped a hand over Aiden's lips. "Quiet, listen."

~ This time of man's folly is nigh. You know not… ~

Hades's body began to morph and Anna herself was forced to still by Aiden's help this time.

As such, Slade without the mask had become the vessel for another lord of darkness. ~ In this body, I might roam and be returned the rites of our kin. You too know of it, hell hound? Your kingdom knew of the reason for death and why it should be revered; death is not the end; it is what comes again. It cleanses the rot of the soul, as Lord Chronos never indeed told you to die for him… ~

~ And yet you took advantage of Reia's child –

~ Incarnation, pup . ~ The god corrected and Anya seemed to frown at this information. ~ What did you tell her? That she wasn't a real person?? You are a god, but you're a lousy –

~ His debt was paid with this body, and Reia's pact to death for her to live…. She, Anya now is mine. ~

"What is…"

"Mine…no, this is –

~ Reia's incarnations don't have baby daddies. ~ Snarled Shoji. ~ Tell the truth, trickster!! Who are you?? ~

~ I, am Lord Death and Lady Reia owed this child to me…~

"Shut up…"

"Aide?"

~ The witch Lilu did not send the Shifter imps into madness without my foresight; I knew where they were to strike. I was a General to the world yet as her equal, we thrived. ~

"No…no, Raku…. she, she can't! ~

"Aiden? Your voice –

~ She was to the north, the south, so we took Hel with us and with it, a kingdom of icy frost…~

"You…. murderer!! ~

"Aide! Stop!"

~ White prince, you are of poor timing. ~ Smiled the evil king that looked just like a shoulder - length haired Slade.

Just as a long broadsword came by the light of his dragon's light, that weapon of gold came down to bounce off of a dark force field protecting the corrupted god.

~ The real Hades is NO criminal! ~ Shot the dog with a violently loud bark, coming to see if Aiden had gotten to his feet to fight back. ~ Then, you are not of this Universe, of what?? Are you a dark copy?? Why are you infesting our world?? ~

~ He's fixing it! ~ Anya sneered at the pup as Anna got up to fight, seeing Slade's false face stare her into a corner.

~ My Lord has promised to repair what humans did to the spirit, you took our order…you tainted it by your hands and intent. What must go, is the bond between our worlds. It must be severed. ~ Anya whipped out her ribbon from her throat as it reverted to the form of a blood red tinged scythe. ~ As his regal bodyguard and my Lord's future queen to the under – planes of the former Raven Winged, I shall take charge and banish the true infection from our new home!! ~

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~ Then, why are you here…~

~ I came to find the same. Why, indeed. ~

~ Why is he summoning me?? ~ Blathered the light Ethereal to his counterpart. ~ I know we've…. bonded forms, yet can he not be trusted? ~

~ Yes, he can. He however is a mystery to please. Do tell. ~ Raku felt it high time he stop keeping his mouth shut around his shadow. ~ What purpose will we be here to serve for the sanctity of both worlds? You must have a plan. ~

~ You know us, so well…Very well…I have news. The truth about this Hades and what may put him back into the crypt for good. ~

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Dick didn't like it, he in fact hated waiting as Ayane got dizzy watching the man pace. "Ami is in the spirit world with two magical fox familiars. Aiden and Ann ran off to help Shoji and Kori is contacting John to see about Raven allowing a portal for the rest of the Titans. What kind of hero plays it safe? My kids are out there, Ayane."

"You only have one power, and you're not supposed to engage with it." Ayane reminded the cop. "Nightwing – san…you need to be safe here for Raku." She pointed to the floating form, thinking of Aiden's last piece of mind. How bonded they still were as family because of this kid. This…demi God.

"I want to help, is Ami…how do I reach her? You must –

Ayane shook her head. "Ami – chan must travel back on her own. This is a test and she will come home. Trust her, why don't you already?"

"I…. she's still just a child."

"You were like her, or so Shoji told me once."

Dick looked up into the violet haired woman's eyes, so full of hope he didn't have plenty of. "If Hades or Ares had gone after me back then, Slade might not have…"

"He was tempted, though I cannot assure his safety on my own…"

Richard nodded, seeing his device ping at his utility belt. He picked it up and there she was, hope upon her brow as well. His licked his lips and inhaled.

"Kor –

~ Dick! Ami is finally coming back, and she has found a way to repair her goddess ally's mirror! ~

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Ami moved at a pace of a warrior princess. She fluttered down through the light vortex in the spirit world of wherever she'd come and her smile was still not back. Kori flew to her child as she caught the girl, her energy zapped since the sun had been blotted out more than before to heal her. Kori was also feeling that remorse of her powers of the sun, yet she had ways to counter such a feeling in her bones. Still, she had to be there for her team and family.

"Amelia….my dear bumgorf? Are, you are uninjured?"

"Kori!" Dick was zapped through as Mal stayed on the other side, he and Raven wanting to be there for Raku before he woke up. "Ami…why is she so –

"Her journey made her, weak." Kori brushed a strand of hair from her teen daughter's ear. "We must bring her to Ayane's safe - room."

"I'm not going without them, Starfire." Dick brought out his escrima and moved past her. "We cannot!" Kori warned the other, her love for life. "You do not have the power to deflect Hades's evil magic, whatever he uses –

"He won't touch me." Dick stomped on ahead as Starfire flew in the opposite direction, not realizing that only Haru had come with her while Kaede…

Had decided to tag alongside Grayson.

Slade was still in there, Dick imagined in theory. "He won't hurt me, because that was just like he said back then. That I could never beat him without losing my composure first." Slade could kill. Dick had done it before, yet had refused after Roku and after the Talons…. or even Spyral. He wasn't –

~ You may call upon my bond, if you wish to again. ~

Dick froze to the voice of a competitor, it couldn't…

"Only, only if you can get Slade to free himself. To stop acting as a gateway for more demons that don't belong in our world. Ares…. I need a warrior in me to come out."

(OK! SO, RECALL. GOD OF WAR TAKES OVER DICK'S BODY AND THEN SAYS, HMM…I WOULDN'T MIND STAYING HERE BUT THAT OTHER DUDE IS LIKE, WOW. SO, SLADE GETS TRICKED, TARGETED AND LASTLY, OVERSHADOWED AS YOU SAW TO THE POINT OF ANNA LOSING NEARLY CONTROL OF HER POWERS THOUGH SHE STOPPED HERSELF. DICK IS THE ONE BEING LED BY A THIN LINK BY ARES, OR IS IT ANOTHER FORM IN WHICH HE'S TAKEN TO THAT CAN MIMIC FACES? LIKE…. A SHADOW?? FIND OUT! THE ARES- GRAYSON THING WAS IN UNIVERSAL ARC FINALE SO LOOK INTO THAT IF YOU WANT A RECAP! HEADS UP FOR MORE ON THE WAY.)

And so…. Lord Hades is not the same one from Ava's universe or the guardians, but another alternate Hades with a grudge against humanity? Fun, seeing as he's like Slade when it comes to discipline. Ah, and Anya is Hades and Reia's secret love child through a contract? Which means she was alive but then not fully, so incarnation means she could become a part of Reia like Raku could of Azag in the future?? Aiden found out the hard way that Reia's death was because Lilith was more than buddy buddy with this Hades, yet was it true that she got the ok to turn the Shifter imp to start an onslaught that killed off the Raven Winged?? Also, Slade was supposedly the original target for the god of war, but now Dick is calling upon his influence to face Slade to kick Hades out since the world is slowly being closed off from the rest of the universe inside a pocket of space and time. Ava is helping Hades because he's taken control of her through the connection he has to her power, but is she really the daughter and now…. queen as in wife of this psycho?? Find out!

Ah, and what does Ignito know about defeating a powerful psyche pomp from another universe? Find out that too!