Hey everyone, Poke'boy24 back with the next chapter of Love of a Demon Girl, and like before, let's go through the reviews…
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/ / /(Ch 3: Another Point of View, Literally)/ / /
/ / /(Raven's P.o.V.)/ / /
I crept through the dark streets of Jump City along with Starfire as an unsettlingly feeling build within her heart since it has been two weeks since I had last spoken to Naruto after… the incident, as I want to talk to him, but I just can't bring myself to...
That night after our argument was horrible for me since I can feel my emotions becoming more vocal in the short time, I've spent with him than I ever had in years, as Sadness and Anger were the most vocal of them all, as it had gotten so bad that I spent a whole day meditating so that I could stay calm and keep my emotions under control.
I also doesn't help that my teammates have been pestering me about why I've spent so long within my room as their constant questioning was making me feel even more tense as I distant myself from them, barely speaking to them as well.
It also didn't help because the following week the H.I.V.E. Trio attacked us within our own base as I could practically feel myself nearly losing control of my emotions again as the Trio managed to force each of us out of the Tower while Robin was still missing from our earlier encounter.
I felt very relieve when he'd returned, as we've then stormed the Tower, fighting the H.I.V.E. Trio to reclaim our home.
But when I fought Jinx, I couldn't recall what happened, as Robin and the others were shocked when they found the self-claimed Mistress of Bad Luck with multiple injuries, forcing them to take her to a hospital, while I stayed, locking myself in my room in fear of what I've done since it was exactly what happed with Dr. Light.
But now though, we were all in a different sort of danger as just yesterday we've found a box that was addressed to us.
In hindsight, with their line of work, it would have been smart to have Cyborg scan the box for what was inside, or something like that, but instead we've opened the box without a care and found miniature puppets of ourselves, which even I've found creepy.
I was the only one that had found this sudden development pretty strange, but the others loved them, thinking they were gifts from a fan as the boys all had fun with their puppets, having them fight one another.
Seeing how they were having fun with their puppets, Starfire had asked me if I wanted to have own puppets fight, but I wanted no part of… whatever this was, since it was very strange how mini-puppet versions of ourselves just appear on our doorstep as I just tossed my puppet away and walked back to my room.
That same night, I was interrupted from my meditation as I suddenly felt an odd sensation, like something wasn't right…
But I played it off as I was about to go back to meditating when I've heard our resident Alien talking on the other side of my door.
Suddenly, before either of us knew it, the guys came out of the nowhere and suddenly attacked us as the fight didn't last long as Cyborg managed to entrap us both within his mechanical arms as, strangely enough, another puppet appeared, calling himself the Puppet King, as he had revealed some type of remote as well holding the puppet versions of our teammates as they spoke through their puppet counterparts, pleading for help as I realized that their souls were removed from their own bodies.
The Puppet King tried to take our souls, just as he had done to the others, but as I felt my soul being ripped out, I've managed to use a spell at the last moment that knocked everyone over, forcing the living Puppet to let go of his remote.
However, once my soul re-entered my body, it felt… different as I felt like I was taller, along with my body feeling slender and more physically toned, as my breasts and rear felt much more perky and firm, but now wasn't the time to question the sudden feelings as we had to escape.
Once we've managed to hide in the closet, I turned on the light only to be shocked to see that I was looking at my body, quickly realizing that mine and Starfire's souls switched bodies, meaning I was now within Tamaranean's body, and that she was now inside mine.
Before either of us could even get over our sudden shock of having switched bodies, the soulless bodies of our teammates had once again attacked us, but being in each other's bodies made us even more vulnerable because I can't seem to use Starfire's star bolts or fly, while her constant panicking was making my powers lash out which, thankfully, managed to help us escape into the sewers, which leads us here on the streets of Jump City.
/ / /Normal P.o.V./ / /
Right now, the body-swapped Sorceress and Alien Princess trekked through the streets as the latter was panicking over the whole situation.
Starfire, who was inside the Halfling's body, was hyperventilating as she described everything that happened as she spoke, Raven, who was inside the Redette's body, noticed that because of their souls switching, their powers remained within their own bodies, since the more her Alien teammate continued to panic, the more her powers began to destroy things around them.
Quickly reaching over to her friend, the Demoness spoke to her with a stern tone. "Starfire, you have to calm down! My powers are driven by emotion, the more you feel the more energy you unleash." She bluntly informs her emotional teammate since she'll be trying attention to them.
"But what if they find us?" She asked, referring to their teammates that were prisoners of the Puppet King. "What if our friends are doomed? What if I am stuck looking like this forever?!" she whined feeling extremely upset since their friends' soulless bodies were looking for them for their puppet master.
"We'll fix it, I don't know how, but we will rescue the boys and get our bodies back," Raven answered with slight annoyance as she reassurance her emotional teammate before realizing what the Princess just said. "What's wrong with the way I look?" she questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Nothing!" Starfire immediately said with a comedic sweat-drop before suddenly stumbling slightly as she grabbed her head feeling a little dizzy.
"What's wrong?" the Halfling asked with concern.
The Tamaranean gave her a small smile. "I believe I was just the hungry." She answered getting her moody friend to scoff with annoyance when they heard a bird's cry in the distance, drawing their attention to the sky as they looked up and immediately noticed a distinctive green bird circling high above them. "It's friend Beast Boy!" she announced, pointing her current Ash-grey hand to their teammate.
The soulless body of the Changeling cawed at them before diving down with his talons extended as the Sorceress quickly seen the incoming attack. "You mean Zombie Beast Boy! Run!" she exclaimed, grabbing her own hand as they both turned into an alley and ran as fast as they could. "I think we lost him…" she said, panting a little. "But it won't be long until he finds us again. He may be an idiot, but he is good at tracking." She stated since while their Green-skinned was annoying, his Animal based powers are very good at getting the task done.
"I wish to fly!" Starfire announced, jumping into the air and waving her arms around as if they were wings, but no matter how hard she tried, she would keep falling back onto the ground.
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As they walked through the alley, they described to each other how their powers worked.
With Starfire's, Raven needed to try and feel happy, or any other positive emotions, which was difficult for her as she had always suppressed her emotions.
It was the same for her powers because the Tamaranean, a being who thrived on their emotions, needed to be calm and in control of said emotions.
Turning a corner, they both heard a growling noise coming from behind causing them both to freeze as they turned around to be confronted by a Green Tiger of all things as their shape shifting teammate was now stalking them.
Not wanting to wait for the incoming attack, they both ran further down the alley. "What do I have to feel to use star bolts?" Raven quickly asked, wanting to know want to feel to use her Alien teammate's powers.
"Righteous fury!" Starfire answered, getting the Demoness to groan in annoyance.
"Alien strength?" she asked since maybe she could use her teammate's more physically strong body to at least punch the Changeling, something she'd actually be happy to do.
"Boundless confidence!" the Princess declared flexing her arms since her people are of Warrior Culture.
"Never mind!" the Sorceress exclaimed with a growl as they turned a corner narrowing avoiding the Tiger's pounce.
Seeing a turn, Raven grabs Starfire and jumps out of the alley they were in hiding against the wall as they were unnoticed by Beast Boy as he continued his path.
But before either of them could breathe in relief, they saw a figure move in the shadows before appearing before them as they moved into the light revealing Robin, as two metallic arms suddenly smash their way through the wall behind them making them jump in fright.
With no other way in sight, Raven looked towards Starfire. "If I can't fly, then you have to levitate-" she started only to be cut off by her bubbly teammate.
"Yes!" the Alien Princess excitedly exclaimed, completely forgetting the danger they were in.
"Wait! You need to focus!" she shouted trying to tell her how to use her powers, but to no avail.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" the Tamaranean quickly shouted launching herself high into the air with her fellow female Titan holding onto her hand as this, thankfully, gotten them away from their zombified teammates, but now there was another problem. "I wish to stop! Please, tell me the way to stop!" She yelled in a pleading tone as they were zooming over Jump City at impressive speeds.
"Look at the ground and imagine-" Raven began explaining but didn't even get to finish her sentence as they were falling towards the ground at the same speed as they slammed hard into a pile of garbage, which managed to break their fall. "Remind me never to let you fly my body again…" she sarcastically muttered as she pulled a Banana peel off her head, her face having a disgusted sneer.
Starfire groaned as she picked herself up as she sniffed her arm and reared her head back in disgust. "Ugh~ I smell like the breath of a Snervian Blork Worm. Friend Raven, what are you-" she began before her teammate quickly slapped her hand over her mouth while dragging her deeper into the garbage pile just as Robin and Cyborg walked past them, clearly scouting out the area in search of them.
Not seeing their targets, they both gave a zombie-like groan as they wandered off.
Waiting until she was sure they were gone, the Sorceress released a breath she didn't even know she was holding as she let herself relax a little.
"What are we going to do?" Starfire asked in a whisper, clearly distraught over the whole situation.
"I don't know…" she answered back unsure how they can do anything when they aren't even in their own bodies.
"How are we going to save our friends?" the Princess questioned, wondering how they could possibly save their friends from the Puppet King's clutches.
"I don't know…" The Demoness answered, her tone and twitching brow showing clear irritation.
"How are we going to turn ourselves back to normal?" the Tamaranean asked wondering how they're going to return to their own bodies.
"I don't know!" the Sorceress shouted in anger and annoyance as she slammed a fist into the ground which caused some cracks to appear.
Starfire stayed quiet, not expecting the sudden anger that her usually calm and stoic teammate showed.
"Raven? Is that you?" a voice familiar to one of them spoke from behind which caught their attention.
Turning towards the voice, Starfire was surprised to see a Blond male she didn't recognize staring right at her. 'Wait, how does he know friend Raven?' she questioned within her thoughts since she was also surprised that he seems familiar with her friend because, as far as she and the others knew, Raven didn't have any friends outside of the team before realizing that the person was waiting on her to say something because he thought that she was Raven. "Oh, uh, hello?" she nervously greeted with an awkward tone making the mysterious Boy stare just as the real Raven slapped her own forehead, wishing this wasn't happening because out of everything that was happening, this was something she did not need.
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"You're not Raven…" he said after an awkward silence since the voice that came from the Bluette's mouth didn't sound anything like her, that and her Chakra signature was completely different.
"No, she isn't…" Raven said with an edge in her voice, getting his attention as he turned his attention towards the Orange-skinned Redette. "What the hell are you doing here, Naruto?" she asked with her arms crossed, clearly not happy to see him as she doesn't know that she was unknowingly squishing her perky and bubbly teammate's firmer boobs together within her skintight Crop-top.
Naruto looked at Starfire's body, feeling a little aroused upon seeing a sexy, toned babe with exotic, Green-colored eyes and Orange-colored skin along with the long Scarlett-colored hair dressed within a skimpy skintight Purple Top and Mini-skirt, but quickly shook those thoughts as he narrowed his eyes towards the other female Titan, Starfire if he recalls. "Now you sound like Raven." he said after a few seconds, emphasizing on the word you, while acting as though he doesn't hear the anger in her voice as the Alien Princess just stood still as she watched the exchange with interest. "And why are you asking why I'm here? You know I live here." He stated with his arms crossed along with a raised brow.
Blinking in response, the demonic Halfling looked up and realized she and Starfire had landed at the back of the Uzumaki's apartment building. "Of course…" she muttered with a frown, wondering what the odds of her and Starfire landing behind this particular building were.
"Now, why are you in Starfire's body, and vice-versa?" he asked, motioning them to follow him as he began walking towards the building he lived in, wanting some answers about what was going on.
Starfire followed after him, but saw that Raven was not, before going over to her friend, dragging the complaining Sorceress inside.
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Raven sat upon a familiar couch with a frown as Starfire was looking around with curiosity clear on her face.
Naruto walked into the room with a tray in his hand, holding three mugs and a teapot. "So, are you going to answer my question?" he asked once he set the mugs down for the girls.
Without missing a beat, the Demonic Titan spoke. "Are you finally going to answer mine?" she asked back with clear annoyance in her tone as she crossed her arms and legs, unknowingly showing off more of her Alien teammate's ample bust and toned legs.
Said Titan just awkwardly drank her tea as she watches, interested in what was happening, as she was beginning to wonder how they knew each other, as well as why her female friend was acting the way she was. But sensing the tension between the two, she decided to answer his question instead. "We were attacked by the Puppet King, who has trapped our friend's souls into puppets. We do not know how he did this, but it had somehow caused us to switch bodies instead." She told him which causes Raven to glare at her for answering but said nothing.
'Kinda sounds like Ino's Mind Transfer Jutsu, but more like a different version of it,' the whiskered Blond idly thought as he took a sip of his tea since it sounds much like the Yamanaka Clan's Bloodline, but with other peoples' souls instead of their minds. "And I'm guessing you have no idea how to reverse this." He said feeling like this so-called Puppet King has been planning this for a while.
"If we did, we would be doing something about it, wouldn't we?" Raven snapped as she stood up glaring at him.
"How is it that you two know each other?" Starfire finally asked after a few seconds, with the question having bugged her for a few minutes now, especially with how Raven was acting.
That question caused the two to tense up with light blushes as they were unsure how to answer, especially Raven since she still didn't want anyone on her team to know what happened, especially Starfire who was horrible at keeping secrets.
"We met a few weeks ago." Naruto answered, surprising the Sorceress at how willing he was to answer. "But we had a falling out recently." He added getting her to scoff.
'Falling out is putting it mildly.' She said within her mind as she crossed her arms. "We're leaving." She announced surprising the Tamaranean as she headed for the door.
Letting out a heavy sigh, Naruto called out. "You're going to need my help." He said as soon as the Demoness opened the door, getting her to freeze at what he'd just said.
Turning her attention back towards the Man that claimed her virginity. "Your help?" she spat out like she had to get rid of a bad taste in her mouth. "How could you possibly help?!" she aggressively questioned as she unknowingly squeezed the doorknob with her teammate's alien strength.
Starfire actually took a couple of steps back in fear since she has never seen her friend this angry or emotional before, not in all the time that she known her before taking a glance at the oddly calm Male as she was now desperate to know what happened between them.
"Neither of you can use the other's powers." he bluntly stated catching their attention.
"And how do you know that?" The demonic Heroine questioned with a sneer as she placed her hands upon her, currently, slender hips.
"If either of you knew how to control your abilities, then neither of you would involuntarily be in a pile of trash." he answered making the two female Titans blush reminding them of their clash landing. "As much as you dislike the idea of me helping, you don't really have much of a choice. Besides, you need all the help you can get." He added since neither of them could use the other's powers since one requires them to be in touch with their emotions while the other needs to be dethatched with their emotions.
"What do you mean?" the Alien Princess asked in a confused/questioning tone.
"Even though your teammates are trapped in puppets, their bodies are probably only using basic instinct with them being controlled. Even though they don't have their souls, their bodies know fully how to use their own abilities." He explained as he then gestured towards them. "But you two are different. Because you both swapped souls, your instincts are all wrong and you are basically fighting against your bodies' muscle-memory. This gives the Puppet-King a huge advantage. Plus, there's also the fact that you'll both be holding back as neither of you wants to hurt your friends." He added since it was true since neither wanted to truly hurt their teammates/friends, well maybe one of them with a certain Changeling.
This causes the usual stoic Sorceress to once again scoff. "And you think you can even the odds?" she asked incredulously since she doubt how he could possibly help them if they couldn't even use their own powers.
"I know how to fight, probably better than Robin as I've had more experience." He bluntly commented since it seems that he'll have to come out and reveal his skills as a Shinobi.
That response actually caught her off guard. 'What the hell is that supposes to mean?' she thought with a furrowed brow. 'Fought more than Robin? From what he told me, he was a writer. Also, he couldn't have been much older than me. So how would he have more experience fighting? It didn't make sense.' She puzzled within her mind since this raises more questions along with him having demonic energy.
While she was thinking, she never noticed that the whiskered Blond had left the room, just leaving her and Starfire, who turned to look at her friend. "I believe we should accept his offer." She said, snapping out of her thoughts as she frowned at hearing that. "The Puppet King is controlling our friends, and I do not wish to hurt them." She reasoned since even though their friends' bodies were hunting them down, she can't bring herself to hurt them.
As much as the Halfling wanted to deny everything that Naruto had said, she had to admit that what he said was true since she also didn't want to hurt her friends, and she still couldn't use her Alien teammate's powers. 'Who would have thought that, after years of suppressing my emotions, it would be difficult to let them emotions take control?' she thought with an uncertain expression on her face.
It was then the Uzumaki opened his door, showing that he changed his clothes as he was now wearing a Dark-gray form-fitting Hoodie over a pair of Black Cargo-pants along with a pair of Black Boots as he wore the hood up, showing that it shadowed his hair and eyes, making it so that all you could see were his whisker marks as he had a smirk on his lips. "I'm ready to go." He said with an assertive tone as he crossed his arms.
"But we don't want your help!" argued the Demoness, completely forgetting that she had just mentally admitted that what he had said was true, not wanting to also admit that Starfire also had a point that they could use his help.
Walking over to the door, he opened it and waited for them to leave. "Yeah, I figured you would try and not accept my help. But I thought this would be a lot easier." He stated as he gestured them to exit first.
It was that moment that made Raven wished she had her powers back so that she could throw him around, but now seeing how both he and the Princess were staring at her made her release a sigh in defeat before walking out of the apartment.
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"Do we have any way to find where the Puppet King is hiding?" Naruto asked as the group walked through an alley, checking corners in case of an ambush.
"Why would he be hiding?" Raven snidely asked with her hands on her hips.
"Because, from the way you described him, he's a puppet, a literal living puppet." he answered back sarcastically snickering before coughing a little to ease his chuckle. "It's unlikely that he'll be strong or anything, otherwise, he would have attacked you Titans head on instead of hiding in the dark when you were all asleep. He still sees you both as a threat, so he'll be somewhere else while your 'friends' try to find you." He explained as that managed to shut the doubtful Heroine up.
It was just then that Starfire pointed towards the sky. "Look! It's the friend Beast Boy!" she called, a little too loudly, getting the two to look upward to where she was pointing as they saw a familiar to two of them, Green-colored Bird flying away.
Without saying a word, the three ran after the Changeling, which was not easy chasing after a bird, as the three kept having to turn corners through the alley and down a street as there were a couple of times where the group actually managed to lose the Avian, but they were quick to find him again, as it wasn't long until they managed to follow him to an abandoned Theatre.
"Seriously…" Naruto flatly whispered as they all crouched on a roof to survey the area. "Why is it that bad guys always go for abandoned places? That's like the first place anyone would look." He ranted with irritation at the stupidity of some of the Villains in this world.
Raven quickly shushed him as they all ducked, just as Beast Boy appeared from the Theatre as a Doberman as they watched as the zombified Hero sniffed around for over ten minutes before finally moving on to a different spot.
Seeing their chance, the three ran to the Theatre as they hugged the wall. "Even the windows are boarded up, it'll make to make too much noise if we tried to rip them off." The Uzumaki said since trying to rip any of the boards off would immediately give away the element of surprise.
"Then getting to the roof is our best bet right now." The Sorceress pointed out as she looked up.
Hearing this, Starfire smiled as she put her hands on her body's shoulders. "Now, do just as I instructed. Think of something joyful." She instructed as Naruto had to bite his tongue to keep a snarky comment to himself since Joy and Raven didn't really mix as he knew this from the small amount of time he had known her.
As the Tamaranean began to list off things that make her happy, the Demoness closed her eyes and, after a few seconds, began to fly with both Human and Alien holding her hands as she managed to fly at a perfect pace as they made it to the roof without anyone noticing.
Once they landed, the Princess clapped a little in joyful excitement. "Very, very, good! What was your joyful thought?" she asked wanting to know what joyful thought her normally expressionless friend had to use her body's flight ability.
"You don't want to know…" Raven bluntly replied, glancing towards Naruto without the others noticing, since she was reimaging that very night as her annoying bubbly teammate continued to pester until she sighed. "Imagining life without a certain Blond." She said in half -truth with a blush dusty her cheeks since while she didn't like their argument that following day, some of her Emotions were pretty vocal about their opinions with Knowledge saying that she should give her a piece of her mind with the rest agreeing but for different reasons since Anger and Bravery want to assert their dominance while Happiness and Passion were in agreement for top sex while Timidity was a little reluctant about him watching their boobs bounce around while riding his monster of a cock along with the possibility of becoming impregnated.
Starfire didn't seem to understand, but Naruto did as he frowned finding it incredibly obvious it was meant for him as he sighed to himself. 'I knew she was angry, but does she actually hate me because of it?' he thought as he walked over to a roof door with a padlock. 'Then again, I can't exactly blame her for hating me. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea for me to come along.' He thought to himself now regretting coming along as he picked the lock as the Tamaranean was instructing the Halfling on how to use her star bolts.
/ / /
Sneaking in through the rafters, they saw the Puppet King standing in front of a cauldron filled with pure white flames. "That can't be good." Naruto whispered just as the living Marionette held the trapped Titan's above the fire as they heard him monologue about how he'll destroy the puppets containing their souls so that he'll have complete control of their bodies.
Starfire, not wanting her friends to die, quickly acted and used Raven's powers to encase the puppets of their friends in magic before bringing them to her.
Unfortunately, this also brought the Puppet King's attention to them. "No! Bring them back to me!" he ordered as the soulless bodies of Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy appeared from the shadows around him as they looked at their master before turning towards their targets.
"That can't be good…" the Shinobi commented just as Cyborg used his Sonic Cannon to fire at the rafters.
Both female Titans jumped away and were just able to fly, albeit with some difficulty, while the Uzumaki managed to use a rope and slide his way down to the ground.
"Thank you whoever invented gloves," he said as he shook his hands, thankful he didn't get rope burn, before reacting on instinct as he'd just managed to duck as the Boy Wonder jumped over him with his leg extended.
The Titan leader spun in the air while taking out his Bo-staff as he swung it down onto him, who just blocked with his arms, taking this chance to reached out and grabbed his opponent's arm before bringing him in and kneeing him in the stomach as the zombified teen seemed to grunt as he stumbled back, holding his stomach.
"Nice to know you can still feel pain, even as a zombie for a wooden Chucky rip-off." Naruto quipped as the former Sidekick then ran at him again and started to punch and kick as fast as he could as he simply blocked all the attacks with ease before sweeping his enslaved opponent off his feet as he brought his own foot into the air and slammed his heel into his stomach.
The whiskered Blond watched carefully as Robin stopped moving for a moment before the possessed Titan suddenly pulled out a Bird-a-rang, making him jump back as the handheld weapon barely sliced into his trousers. 'It didn't cut me, but I'll need to be more careful.' He mentally noted before kicking up the Bo-staff that the prodigy of Gotham's Dark Knight dropped as he spun it around a few times before taking a stance.
Not waiting for another second, they both ran at each other.
/ / /
"Sorry!" Starfire shouted as she used Raven's magic to throw crates and items at the processed Beast Boy as she was still holding onto her trapped friends as she flew while the Changeling dodged most of the projectiles but was hit a few times.
Even though she knew that she wasn't fighting her friend, it still made her upset that she had to fight him all the same as the Purple-clad Boy changed into a Hawk so that he could keep up with her in the air, weaving through wooden support beams and dodging boxes with his talons extended as he aimed at the Alien Princess as a crate was suddenly slammed into him, knocking him against the nearby wall returning back to his original form,
The Green-skinned Shapeshifter rubbed his head before staring at the Tamaranean again as he shifted into a large Gorilla as he beat his chest and roared as he grabbed onto a rope and began to swing towards her, which surprised her since it should've been impossible given his current weight, easily bashing away anything that she thrown at him.
/ / /
Raven ducked as she avoided Cyborg swinging towards her as she cursed herself slightly since she couldn't do anything against her friend as she didn't have Starfire's strength nor star bolts since all she could do was fly, and even then, she had to concentrate to do that. "Come on, righteous fury…" she muttered to herself, remembering what her extraterrestrial teammate said to her earlier only to gasp as her back hit a wall before quickly flipping over the robotic Human as he punched the wall where her head just was as this gave her a quick moment to breathe as he seems to be stuck as she began to shake her fists, trying with all her might to will some star bolts only for nothing to happen. "Damn it!" she shouted as she saw him rip his arm out of the wall and turn towards her, changing his arm into his Sonic Cannon as she quickly reacted as she jumped off the rafter, they were on as the sonic blast barely missed her.
However, just as the Sorceress began to fly, the cybernetic Titan reached over and grabbed her foot, swinging her against the ground with the air being knocked out of her as she laid on the floor, groaning in pain, before looking back up gasping as she saw him point his Sonic Cannon right at her head before he planted his foot on to her stomach.
Cyborg was charging his hand-shifted weapon ready to blast the Demoness' head but was then suddenly knocked back a little just as Robin was thrown into him, looking worse for wear.
Naruto landed next to Raven, offering a hand to help her up, but she just ignored him as she as she stood up. "...Thanks." she grunted out, clearly not happy that he saved her, but was at least a little grateful.
"Don't mention it." He simply replied as he held the Bo-staff over his shoulder as he had a smirk on his face, showing that he was enjoying this. "I haven't had this much fun in years." He commented since it has been some time since he'd actually fought someone since arriving to this dimension.
Standing up, the zombified Boy Wonder took out another two bird-a-rang and threw them at the Uzumaki, who was about to use the Bo-staff to deflect them, when they slammed into the ground in front of them as they then exploded into a cloud of grey smoke.
Both Shinobi and Halfling covered their faces as the smoke spread blocking their sight giving the Titan's leader the opportunity to reached into his Utility-belt and bring out a Disc before throwing it into the smoke as it exploded in a large ball of fire while both zombified Titans went far enough so they were safe from the explosion.
"I've had enough!" Raven shouted in fury, getting their attention as they looked up as they saw that she was floating while holding Naruto by the back of his hood, her eyes glowing a Fiery-green, as her right hand formed a star bolt. "AAAAHHH! ! !" she shouted as she threw the bolt of energy at the wires that held the rafter up forcing it to fall to the ground with both Titans on it.
"Raven! Help!" Starfire shouted from the ground getting their attention as both of them saw that she was being held by Beast Boy, who's still in the form of a Gorilla, while just a few feet from them was the Puppet King who held the trapped Titans as he ran towards the cauldron.
Getting an idea, the Sorceress slightly lifted the Blond who seemed to understand what was about to happen. "No, not a good idea!" he said just as she reeled him back and thrown him as hard as she could towards the little wooden Villain.
Naruto had his arms in front of him as he flew through the air at high speeds as it only took a second for him to slam into the living Puppet as he easily landed on his feet, having grabbed the Titan puppets in one hand, while holding the controller in the other as he smirked as he tossed the controller into the flames behind him.
"NOOOO! !" the Puppet King shouted in horror as the source of his power was destroyed within the flames as he little wooden body began to shake violently as light erupted from his eyes and mouth as the puppets containing the trapped Titans glowed before their souls were released, quickly flying back into their original bodies along with both Raven and Starfire gasping as their souls left their bodies before returning to their rightful ones.
"I am me!" the Redette cheered upon seeing that she was now back within her body as Beast Boy let her go so that she can embrace the Bluette in a hug. "And you are you!" she added feeling most joy that their souls have been returned to their rightful bodies.
"And we're us!" Cyborg cheered as he and the others were so happy to no longer be puppets.
"NOOOO! !" Their small celebration was interrupted as they heard the Puppet King yelling as they turned to watch him trying to crawl towards the cauldron. "The controller, without it... I'm… just a…" he began to say while reaching out towards the cauldron as he trailed off as before becoming a lifeless puppet falling over just next to the cauldron.
"Good riddance." Beast Boy said dismissively as he changed into random Animals, clearly happy to be back to normal.
"Let's celebrate!" Cyborg shouted, bringing the girls into a hug. "Our treat of course, you girls deserve it." He said thanking the two for saving them from being turned into firewood.
The group walked towards the exit before Raven took a step back. "I'll meet you all there, I just have to make sure of something." she told them as they turned towards her.
"Will you be alright?" Robin asked, not keen on leaving a friend behind. "Yes, the Puppet King was defeated, and the cauldron flames extinguished themselves, but something could always happen." He said since everything has gotten crazier than his time in Gotham.
The Halfling nodded as the group left. "Why were you hiding?" she suddenly asked, turning towards Naruto as he stepped out from behind a pillar as he sent her a smirk.
"Why did you throw me to the Puppet King? You could clearly use Starfire's abilities." He countered not at all bothered being used as a Human projectile since he done it all the time back home.
"You deserved it!" she said with a glare since she was still upset about their fight a couple weeks ago.
The Uzumaki sighed at that but couldn't blame her even he could admit that he did deserve it. "You weren't happy with Starfire finding out about me. I doubt you wanted the rest of the team to know. Would've made questions, neither of us want to answer." He said crossing his arms while looking upward since the other female Titan was still somewhat clueless about them.
The Ashen-skinned Girl stayed silent for a second before speaking. "Why did you help us? You could've just let us leave like I wanted. We would've still beaten the Puppet King. In the end, we had enough control over our abilities that we would've won." She ranted since she didn't want to see nor talk to him after what happened.
Naruto just stayed silent, not knowing what to say since he knew that she still disliked him, maybe even hated him, so saying something like he just wanted to help wouldn't work as he let out another sigh. "I'm sorry." He simply said getting the Bluette to stare at him.
"Sorry? Sorry for what?" she repeated with confusion has she placed her hands upon her hips.
"For everything." he answered catching her off guard as she raised an eyebrow. "While I may not have ruined your life, I wasn't in control of my actions, but I still hurt you deeply, and I couldn't even give you a reason why. My past is something I wanted to keep secret because I am ashamed of it. I wanted it to die with me so that no one will know." He explained since while he knew it wasn't an excuse, he just didn't want to bring up so many painful memories.
This really caught Raven's attention as she crossed her arms while continuing to stare at him. 'What kind of life did he have?' she thought as she continues to listen.
"I'm still not ready to tell my story." he said, disappointing her. "But, given enough time, I might be able to tell a friend." he added before extending a hand towards her, as this truly surprised her.
She stared at his hand for what felt like hours since he was willing to be a friend to her, which, to her anyway, seems ridiculous. "I can't forgive you for what happened, but I can at least understand that neither of us was in control of our actions that night if what you just said is true." She said as she then surprised him as she reached out and shook his hand. "Thank you for your help, Naruto." She thanked him for helping with her usual monotone voice and stoic expression, but there was a slight unnoticeable smile on her lips.
This gotten the whiskered Blond to smile a little before they separated. "I'll see you around, Raven. You're free to come by my place if you ever just want to talk." He offered as she nodded, watching him walk out of the abandoned Theatre heading back towards his Apartment.
The young Demoness honestly couldn't believe that he was willing to be her friend, but if this was a way to get answers, then she was also willing. 'Didn't he say he write books?' she idly thought with a smirk as she opened up a portal and sunk into it as in closed behind her.
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Finally, another chapter has been reworked and completed since, again, I CAN'T control how my schedule works so sorry for the wait, but big thanks to those who actually understood and were willing to wait.
Also, due to sudden schedule changes, along with more of my Family moving in, I've decided to put two of my stories, Troop Secrets, and Naruto: The Demonic Duelist on Hiatus since I do want to complete Were-Witches before the year ends after I update the rest of my other Stories that I planned to work on this year since, again because nobody even bothers to check it, there is a list on my Profile saying which of my many Stories are going to be my main focus.
Also, there's a Poll on my Profile for a new Loud House and Yugioh Story asking which School Lincoln should be transferred to as well what kind of Deck he should use since everyone gets TWO votes, one for the School, while the other is for the Deck type.
See you all again next Month with more updates, hopefully…