EDIT: I would now like to highlight what I believe to be an atrocity upon the meaning of fan fiction:

oldsoul3000 says: rob/rae? ok you are one delusional bitch. that would never happen since he loves

star.

Clearly, this person lacks a definite understanding of the "fiction" part of . If I was going to make this story exactly like the show, that would first of all not be called fan FICTION, and secondly, it would be called plagiarism and illegal. I don't mind if you don't like the story and you want to flame me about it, but I absolutely DO NOT APPROVE of cursing in comments. Also, if you do not like the pairing, don't comment about it. As a matter of fact, don't read it at all, don't even open up this story, because I will not sit idly by and take such undeserved criticism from some one who I am sure did not even read the story. This is my fiction, and I have a right, no matter what any of y'all say, to write what I please. So PLEASE, don't even take the time out of you're schedule which, of course, I'm sure is very busy, to even comment about such trivial matters. I do not appreciate being called such a title by those who don't know who I am. Thank You.

Author's Note: I haven't necessarily ever made and stuck with a Raven/Robin story, so I thought I would experiment a little, and maybe mold it into something worth reading. So here goes.

BTW, This story takes place about a week after the destruction of Trigon.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Titans; I do own, however, my interpretation of death, if I believed he existed.

New Death

Sunset was Raven's favorite time of day. The clouds were perfectly strewn across the sky, the waters sparkling and clean. All of the colors spilled onto her figure as she stood on top of Titans tower. This sunset was beautiful… utterly, utterly beautiful. She was so lost in the moment that she did not hear the sound of approaching footsteps.

"Watching the sunset, I see." The sound of Robin's voice cut through the silence.

This was just perfect. She knew if she let her guard down for one second, something would explode. She'd liked Robin ever since she'd met him. She'd assumed it to be a mere infatuation, but as time flooded by under her nose, her feelings grew into love. She knew this, but did not want him to know. It would be all she needed to let something awkwardly distract both of them from keeping the peace in Jump City. Plus, she would not so quickly think he'd return her feelings.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" He was now standing beside her and looking out on the sunset as well. She'd realized she hadn't answered him at all. ' No sense in being rude, I suppose', She thought before answering. She nodded her head saying, "It is" She had hoped that she could put up a front because he had caught her off guard in a state of happiness, and she was successful.

"So?" He turned to face her with a questioning look on his face.

"Hm?" She returned his inquisitive look.

"Are you hungry? Cyborg just made some steaks."

"I suppose I could stomach 10 oz of cow butt," she turned now to face him, a smirk on her face. She knew she could make that kind of joke with him, because he knew her so well.

Robin starred at her now, smirking also but starring deeply, burrowing into her eyes like he was trying to read her mind. He started to move in closer. 'What is he doing?' She thought as he inched closer to her. His nose just brushed hers when Raven's powers exploded in the water and sent a wave crashing onto the base of the tower. They both turned to look at the sea surrounding the tower.

"A fish?" Robin asked no one in particular. 'More like a whale…' Raven thought to herself.

"Well," he said, facing her once more and putting his hand on her shoulder, "We should get going. Our steaks will get cold."

"Or eaten," Raven added sarcastically in her usual tone like nothing happened. Had he possibly lost himself in the moment thinking about Starfire when they almost...? No, she wouldn't allow herself to be preoccupied with those trivial thoughts.

- Later, on the other side of town -

The streets of Jump City were virtually deserted and lit only by dim streetlights. It was around 3 am when a strange figure wearing a black cloak walked steadily in the night. The cloak made it too dark to see who or what was in there. Not a short distance from it was a police station with one cop on the night shift. Not many take the night shift because the Titans always save the day. He spotted the cloaked individual in the distance and, despite the Titans, did his job anyway.

"Hey you, stop!" The cloaked figure stopped and turned its gaze toward the policeman slowly. "What is your purpose for being out this late? I'm going to need to see some identification, sir." It simply starred at the officer, or so it seemed to be starring, and disappeared, reappearing in front of the officer's face in less than a second.

"Your speed", the officer gasped, barely getting the words out of his mouth, "It's inhuman."

"I seek the one called Raven", it replied in a groggy, deep voice.

"The only Raven here is part of the Titans." The policeman replied, petrified and unable to say much more. A storm began as thunder rumbled in the sky. Light rain fell and as the figure looked up, the hood on his cloak fell to reveal his face. "What… what ARE you?"

"Where is the one called Raven located?" it replied, ignoring the officer's outburst of fear.

The officer, too stunned to say anything, pointed at Titans tower as a lighting bolt developed behind it.

IT didn't say anything, merely stretched out its hand… a skeletal hand with rotting green flesh yet attached to it. Suddenly from the darkness, a scythe, looking to be centuries old, appeared and floated before its hand. It was wooden, rough and beat up looking, like it had been through a lot. The blade at the top shimmered as another lightning bolt was cast. It was made of an unknown material more indestructible and sharper than diamond, but it looked like steel. Dried blood stained the bottom of it and parts of the staff, too. Suddenly the figure disappeared in a cloud of smoke, leaving the police man bewildered and still sitting there hoping that if anyone could stop this possible threat, it would be the titans ... if.

-Titans tower; Next day -

She fixed herself some herbal tea as she thought about her situation. Raven was unusually, even dangerously, under-affectionate because of her past and her powers. Any heightened emotions and she may end up hurting others. Any relationships where she couldn't give her all and she'd also end up hurting someone. She decided she would forget about it until she was done drinking her peppermint tea, and just as quickly as she had forgotten about Robin, he walked up in front of her.

"Morning, Rae", he said smiling and walking behind her towards the fridge. Rae he had called her, the pet name that only he and Cyborg did called her. Robin went about fixing something to eat. Raven gave him a slight smile when he looked over at her and asked if she was hungry.

"No, not really." She said in her usual monotone voice.

"Are you sure? I could make you whatever you'd like." He turned to her, raising an eyebrow. Not even Raven would turn down not having to make her own breakfast, especially because she was a lousy cook. But she wanted to make things interesting.

"Fine, if your going to pester me about it, make me… egg in a nest". This was something she had never tried before, and it looked kind of hard to make. She liked to test people, especially Robin because he was always so cocky.

"If you want it, you got it." He got to work on her breakfast. Before 5 minutes were up he had it successfully made and sitting on a plate in front of her. It looked absolutely perfect and delectable. He'd cut out a shape in two pieces of toast, one egg bird in each, facing each other. She dismissed the fact that they were both "birds" themselves. "So?" He looked at the breakfast and then back at her, "This is what you wanted, right?"

"Oh, yes. This is exactly what I wanted." She had sounded a bit too impressed for her liking. She decided to say nothing more and grabbed it, taking a bite. When she had swallowed it, she held back astonishment at how good it tasted. She didn't want to make him more proud than she could handle.

"How is it?" He asked, sounding a bit eager himself.

"It's good, thank you." She said as normal as possible, although she was still surprised from the goodness of this breakfast. He placed a glass of orange juice to her right. She nodded, signaling thanks.

"So Raven, I was wondering if you'd like to watch a movie later on tonight?" Robin placed his elbow on the table.

"You mean with the others?" Raven questioned. She wasn't normally this cautious, but lately things had gotten too close for comfort.

"Actually", he replied coolly, "Starfire is going to a Demolition Derby with Cyborg and Beast Boy, so it would only be us, but that doesn't make it any less fun, right?"

This was not good. She was trying to avoid possible… situations, but she couldn't fly off out of this one. She had no one that she could make plans with. By this time the rest of the Titans entered the living room. Beast Boy and Cyborg immediately got right to the video games and Starfire sat on the couch watching. With the background noise of "BOO YAH!", or, "Dude! That's so not fair, your cheating!". There was little room in Raven's brain to devise a plan to get out of this one. What other plans would she have that she could cancel on him for?

"Uh", She started, but was interrupted by the warning signal. Thank goodness.

"We'll have to continue this conversation later", Robin spoke first to Raven and then announced," TROUBLE!" Everyone rushed out but Raven, standing by the counter. She finished the rest of her delectable breakfast and sighed in delight. She didn't know that Robin had come back to make sure she followed, but he left before she noticed and was proud of himself. He'd get it out of her later. With that she teleported herself outside and followed the team into the city.

Author's Notes: Well, that's it for this chapter. If I find that people like this story, I'll write more. If it sucks, I won't. Ciao.

P.S. Can such a thing as what I pointed out earlier be reported? Because that was completely uncalled for and I will not let this go until something is done. Thank you to those who can tell me the answer to that. Until next chapter, which I do believe I will write as soon as I can. Swamped with responsibility, "buh-bye" now.