Didn't I tear this place down?

[Conflict]

[OOC: Since you don't know, Conflict has an inner light and dark side, connected with his powers. The black is the dark and the blue is light while italics are normal thoughts.]

Zen walked down the street, a big smile on his face, which was actually quite rare.

What's up with the kid?

Oh nothing, all his wounds had healed so he could finally nail that last landing in all those jumps he did.

What you mean those easy hops across the rooftops? Pssh he could easily do that with a simple shadow jump. I don't even know why he-

Shhh!! Quiet. He's in a good mood the only thing that is wrong is-

That I'm hungry. Now the two of you shut it. I want some inner peace.

Zen sighed. Ever since that day when he fought Necros, these two had showed up. They claimed to be embodiments of his powers, but Zen suspected that he was more likely going crazy. But another terrible loss was the Pizza Place. It used to be so convenient for him to get some grub. Now, he had to go all the way out to get some quality pizza. By the end of the fight, the entire block was practically brought down, although Zen wasn't really hurt. For some odd reason he walked down the block to the Pizza Place, even though he knew it was gone. As he turned the corner his jaw dropped.

In front of him the entire block was seemingly fixed, exactly the same as it was before the fight. Zen went inside the Pizza Place, looking around in surprise. Wow, it's completely the same. Down to every last detail. Sitting down quickly, he ordered a good number of pizza slices and happily waited.

[violetrae]

Raven was walking down the street for no apparent reasona dn suddenly had the urge for pizza. This was odd because Raven never liked pizza, but she began walking towardr the pizza place anyway. She was glad that it had been rebuilt. She walked in and sat down. She only ordered a small drink because although she wanted pizza she wasn;t really hungry and didn't want to spend the money.

*This is some good sprite* Raven said quietly to herself.

She didn't like it when people noticed her. Being a teen titans and all people would sometimes randomly come up to her. Raven really hated this.

Raven glanced over at an unusually person. He looked a little suspicious but raven took another sip of her drink and though nothing more about the strange person.

Suddenly raven relized that people had started recognizing her. She got up and began to walk out the door but something in her mind told her not to leave.

[Conflict]

Zen licked his lips as he finally got his pizza. Bringing a slice to his mouth, he couldn't help but smile as he tasted the best slice of pizza ever. Man, I seriously think they got better at this, he thought as he chewed and swallowed. Never thought it was possible but...

Zen was just about to eat another slice when someone came into the Pizza Place. Suddenly all eyes were on the new person so he turned around to look too. His blood almost froze when he saw who it was.

Raven from the Teen Titans.

Taking a huge gulp, he quickly turned around and swore. Out of all the Teen Titans, she was perhaps one of the few that he would have trouble with. And if she was to get him, it might just mean that they might have to jump cities again.

No. You won't. She's not even here to get you, just to eat. Calm down. There's too much here to leave anyway.

Besides, even if all of them come after you, make your stand. They ain't anything against you.

Taking a deep breath, Zen tried to calm himself down. Finishing a couple of slices of pizza in record time, he quickly grabbed his soda and left for the door, trying to calm his nerves and not look at Raven. He knew that his legs were itching to run but he suppressed it.

Just needa get to the door. Come on, come on, come on.....

[violetrae]

Raven was walking toward the door when she bumped into someone, it was the strange, unusuall person...

Sorry, my bad...

raven thought for a second... who is this, something about him seems, well not right. She knew something was about to happen, she could sense things, the only thing was she wasn't sure if this something would be good or bad. before she and the guy got up she decided to say something

so... i've never seen you here before... were did you come from

Raven wasn't sure that she should have asked this considering that there was something not normal about this guy... but it was to late to take back the question now...

[Conflict]

Zen momentarily stopped as he heard Raven call him. Instantly, he pulled a small bandanna from his pocket and put it over his mouth. Pretending to cough, he said in a rasping voice, "Yeah, I'm new to town. Sorry got to go."

KID YOU BETTER RUN NOW!!!!

Zen threw up his drink, before dashing outside and quickly making a left. Tying the bandana around his face, he ran down the block, feeling his heart in his throat. As he pounded down the streets, he looked around for an alley, somewhere dark enough for him to hide. Any direct confratations would just bring the Teen Titans to his doorstep.

What am I gonna do now?

[violetrae]

When the guy started running Raven knew something was definatly bad. She flew after him... and soon she gained on him...

If you don't stop i will hurt you...

Raven didn't really want to hurt anyone, but if this person didn't stop she would have to do something... She had never seen or met this person but something told her that he wasn't very nice...

She continued to fly after the person. Raven didn't know why this person was afraid... or seemed afraid... she wasn't going to hurt him, was he bad or something, was that why her was afraid, had he done something wrong

hey raven called hey i just want to talk, im not going to hurt you what raven ment by this was she wasn't going to hurt him if he was good, but if she found out he wasn't good then she probably would hurt him... but not to badly... she didn't know who he was so he couldn't have done anything to bad...

[Conflict]

Zen stopped when he heard Raven's voice. He did a quick sweep with his eyes and made sure Raven didn't have any of his friends. Having to face them too would be too dangerous. Turning around to face her, Zen readied himself.

"Not gonna hurt me? If you really think I'm gonna believe that, then you're terribly underestimating me."

Zen jumped back and threw a light dagger, sending it hurling towards her lower body. He didn't want to blind her; that would only get the Teen Titans more focused on his trail. He would rather just daze her and show them that he wasn't going to be messed with rather than just simply try and beat them.

[violetrae]

Raven did her best to avoid the light dagger that had be thrown at her. but she was still dazed by the dagger. She did not know what to do. This person was definatly an enemy. Raven had a feeling that the person was slightly scared of something but wasn't sure is she was correct in saying this.

I dont underestimate anyone... Raven said under her breath...They underestimate me!!!

With this raven pick up the closest thing to her, not knowing what it was, and threw it at the guy. She was slightly hoping that it hit him and slightly hoping it wouldn't but either way she would be satisfied.

She stopped flying and fell to the ground. She was still dazed by the light dagger and didn't think flying was a smart or safe thing to do at the time. She began running after the strange person. She still couldn't tell if she had hit him.. but she kept running

[Conflict]

Conflict could barely react when Raven dodged the light dagger and threw a big garbage can at him. It collided right into him, covering him in banana peels and chicken bones while throwing him back a good couple of feet.

He gingerly picked a few scraps off his head before he smirked at Raven. "Oh not flying anymore? Now that's just too sad." With that he sent his shadow out from under the garbage can and pulled himself through. He brushed off what was left and smiled. "Now let's have some real fun."

Zen formed shadow tendrils along his back, two snaking right above his shoulders. Smiling, he charged towards Raven, ready to knock her right into the air and back.

[violetrae]

Raven quickly moved out of his way... She was out breath...

What the... who are you... and why are you thats all raven could say.

She pulled her hood over her head and picked up random stuff of the ground. She used her powers to throw them. She wasn't sure what this guy could do, but so far she didn't like it. He seemed to be just as powerful as her, or more powerful. The thought hit raven, what if she couldn't beat him. She came back to reality and was ready for a fight...

[Conflict]

Conflict jumped up, sending his shadow high above and riding it to about 8 feet up. All the garbage Raven thrown landed far beneath him, clattering away uselessly.

"Hear me clearly," Conflict said. He wanted this moment to be dramatic, to for once and for all establish himself. It was time to add a little flair.

"I am both the yin and the yang. I possess dark and light. I am the only constant; I am the only force that exists always between people."

"I. AM. CONFLICT!"

With that, he came rushing down towards Raven, both tendrils out and pointed at her, ready to attack at a moments' notice.

Yeah, that's how you do it!

Pretty nice talk there kid.

[violetrae]

Raven tried to run but instead she fell backwards. She kind of hoped he would just be happy with scaring her half to death but it appeared that this wasn't enough for him. He obviously had more strength than her at the moment. She has never inteded to fight but it looked like she would have to. She wanted to call for back up but she had lost her communicator... Where could it have gone. She had it at the pizza place... Had it fallen somewhere...

well im raven, but it seems that you already know that... by this time raven had become really angry...

As he came closer and closer raven found the strength to at least use her powers as a shield for a brief moment... but even that falied

two words, anger managment Raven said hoping that if she could at least destract Conflict maybe she could get away and get somehelp...

She looked down beside her and found a small piece of broken glass. She used her powers to pick it up and sent it flying through the air right towards her opponent...

[Conflict]

Zen sped towards Raven. He didn't really plan on hurting her that badly. He just wanted to make a simple statement: Don't mess with me. In fact, he would have simply pinned Raven down, said something stupid again, and leave. He would've counted that as a battle won, since it would've become a battle not fought.

Not that it really mattered now.

As he sped towards Raven, Zen couldn't help but smirk. What was wrong with her? She seemed so out today. No even putting up a good challenge...

Suddenly Zen caught a flash of light from the corner of his eye. Instantly he stopped his descent and fell straight down as a shard of glass but through the air he just occupied.

Sending his tendrils down before him, they drove themselves into the ground and slowed his rapid fall. Landing on his two feet, he looked up in anger at Raven. He was just going to let her go. Now? Pride demanded retribution.

Pulling his tendrils out of the ground, he sent them both forward, trying to latch onto Raven. He did his best to hold back a little. Just a little.

[violetrae]

Raven would never admit to it, but she was scared. She didn't stand a chance against this guy... Suddenly raven relized that she could not escape. She was trapped.

Let me go or so help me i'll... Raven was getting angrier and angrier but as she tried to fight back she also kept getting weaker. She did her best to fight back. She tried to go through the tendril but it was no good. She had dark powers, but he had light and dark powers. She was outmatched...
Raven relized that if conflict had wanted her dead she would be dead.

Not holding back are we? You may be stronger than me, at the moment, but when i get out of this you are so dead... Raven wasn't joking. Raven sent out a wave of pure darkness... She wasn't safe yet but she was at least free from Conflicts grasps...

Raven used everything she had. She threw random things from the ground and she sent waves of darkness one after another. She had a feeling that it wouldn't work, but she was going to try.

See now you've gone and made me mad...

Raven had never wanted to fight this person but now she was fighting and now she was determined to win. She had no way of calling for back up so she knew she would have to defeat Conflict by herself.

[Conflict]

Zen quickly pulled his tendrils back, forming a barrier in front of him to block most of the flying objects. But as the waves of darkness were beating down on his shield with more and more strength Zen knew he couldn't stay on the defensive for too long.

But of course, to balance the darkness,

You need light!

Jumping back, Zen let loose two daggers of light, letting them explode in a shower of lights once it came in contact with the waves. The light that would produce would probably faze Raven and stop the maniacal throwing and the onslaught of waves.

Meanwhile, Zen doubled the amount of tendrils he had to four. You can never have too much, he thought with a grin.