Divine Right

Teen Titans

Pairing: Raven & Slade

Declaimer: I own nothing. I do not gain anything for writing this. It is a non-profit writing. Teen Titans is owned by its creators. I only have control over the characters that I create and the plot that I make.

"Talking"

-Thinking-

=Sent Thoughts=

Chapter Seven

Online Chats

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Bruce stood in the door way with his stance rigid as he clenched the door frame in his hand as he stood and stared at Raven. He was surprised by what he heard her say. He was also slightly angry yet he did not know why.

She was to help him but she goes off on a date with someone. That someone must have been a complete stranger because she had never been to this city that he knew of. But she went out for tea with the strange man. Yet Raven could not even have a conversation with him without saying something rude. It might be partially his fault but she did not have to act that way to him.

Raven raised an eyebrow as she looked at him closely. She did not see anything wrong so she took a look at his emotions. She was shocked at what she saw. Bruce was feeling angry and slight hurt. She did not know why he was feeling that way. She took a deep breath and began to speak in hopes of getting answers to her questions.

"What the heck is wrong with you and why are you so angry?" Raven demanded as she crossed her arms over her chest. With her words Bruce was knocked out of his contemplating thoughts.

"The real question is what were you thinking, going off with some strange man you never met?" Bruce said with equal energy as he forced the words out from his scowl. Raven raised an eyebrow in question as stared at him.

"I can take care of myself, and I never said that I did not know him. You automatically assumed that on your own." She said as she tilted her head to the side. Bruce's face flinched a little as he took in what she said.

"So you know him then. Was it a planned date?"

"For your information it was not planned."

"Where did you two meet and what are your feelings for him?"

"We met in Jump when I was around fourteen and I do not have any feeling for him that I know of." Raven said as she looked of to the side as she thought. "He is just someone I will never be able to forget. In one day he almost killed me and then he helped save my life." Raven whispered quietly, Bruce and Alfred barely heard her. Raven turned her head back to look at Bruce and spoke to him in monotone. "On another note, he knows who and what I truly am and does not judge me for it." She looked pointedly at Bruce. "And that is something I doubt very highly you will be able to do."

Bruce scowl deepened as he rubbed his face with his hands. He took a deep breath and let it out with a sigh. He did not want to deal with this now. He doubted he would be able to eat supper in the same room. He knew he would have to leave and eat in a different room.

"I will be taking supper in my office, so Alfred please make sure to bring it there. Now if you excuse me I have work to do." With that said Bruce turned and stormed from the kitchen. His loud footsteps echoed in the hall as he was lost from sight.

"What is his problem?" Raven asked Alfred who was staring at the place where Bruce had stood.

"I'm not quite sure but I will attempt to find out." Alfred said as he prepared a plate and bowl of food for Bruce. "Feel free to help yourself to anything in the kitchen." Alfred said as he left carrying the tray of food.

Raven sighed in asperation as she just stood there and stared at the ceiling. She really didn't know what the heck was going on. She shrugged it off and eats her supper. With that done she left the kitchen and returned to her room.

As she entered her room she turned around and locked the door. She went and lay on her bed only for her communicator to go off all of a sudden. With the placement of her communicator she knew she would have to roll over to her stomach just to answer. As she turned over she began to wonder who was calling and why.

Raven was on her stomach and reached to the back of her belt that had the communicator clasped to it. She pulled it off and opened it. What she saw made her wish she never opened the communicator in the first place, for Slade's face appeared on the screen. Raven's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she tried to think of a reason for him to call her in the first place.

"What do you want Slade?" Raven demanded harshly. Slade gave off a brief chuckle as he continued what he was doing. Raven sighed as she heard the typing of keys in the background. "If you're just going to call because you're bored with whatever you doing I'm going to hang up."

"Now, Now Little Bird there is no reason to be rude." Slade stated with a smirk causing Raven to snort.

"Yeah and why should I care?" Raven said with an eyebrow raised. He looked at her face closely, her eyes that is.

"Where are you in the Mansion?" Slade asked as he stopped typing.

"I'm in my room at the moment, why?"

"Take off the spell, your eyes look to much like Bruce's." Slade said as he glared at her.

She raised an eyebrow then she placed the communicator on to the bed in front of her. With a sigh she lifted her wrist and took off her bracelet.

As Slade watched, her hair shimmered from black to purple and her eyes turned back to their normal purple shade.

"Much better." Slade stated as he once again began typing. Raven turn over and sat up cross legged. With a sigh she started to levitate. She made sure that the communicator floated in front of her. Slade asked her. "Do you have any other form of communication besides your communicator?"

"Yes I do, why do you ask?" Raven said as she raised an eyebrow in question.

"It would be easier to see you and it would be harder for the other 'bird' to track our conversation." Slade said as if he was stating the obvious.

"Fine." Raven announced as she landed on the bed. With her hands placed face down on the bed she pushed off and stood up on the floor. With a sigh she walked over to her book shelve with the communicator following after her. When she reached her book shelve she reached out and took the book-like computer. With the book laptop in hand she walked over to the desk and pulled out the chair. With the chair out she sat down and placed the laptop on the desk and opened it. She pressed the power button and waited for the laptop to load.

When the laptop was finished loading Raven turned to look at the communicator. With a bland expression she asked.

"Now what?"

"Do you have access to a video chat account?"

"Yes I do have access to one. But why do you want to know?"

"Then tell me what it is so I can connect to you." Slade said as he typed in some information.

"BlackMagicMage." She deadpanned causing Slade to chuckle a little under his breath. Raven glared at him as she explained why she had the account name she did. "I did not make the account, Cyborg did. I didn't even want the blasted account in the first place. I never use it."

"Well you will be using it from now on; I will make sure of that."

Raven opened up the video chat and logged in. She sat there waiting until she saw that someone was trying to connect to her chat session. With a sigh she read out the name of the account trying to link up.

"TacticalMastermind? Is that your account's name?" Raven asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It is for now. I think the name fits, don't you?" Slade said with a small smile as Raven allowed the link.

"Sure it does, but you forgot to put in the 'evil' part of it." Raven stated as she closed her communicator and placed it on her belt.

"Being evil as you say is only a matter of opinion. It doesn't hold any basis or fact but what you want to believe, because from a completely different point of view it could be said that you are the evil one." Slade said as he was seen to leaned back in his seat and place his hands behind his head. Raven sighed as she sat back at her chair.

"Is this all you wanted to talk about or was there a reason to call beside being annoying?"

"What would you say if I told you that I just wanted to hear your voice?" Slade asked her as placed an elbow on the arm of his chair and then placed his head on his hand. Raven glared as she went to close the chat. Slade stopped her as he began to speak again. "It seems like you do not believe me so I will tell you. I wanted to ask you what your plans are for tomorrow."

"I don't have any plans but I refuse to do anything with you."

"That's fine; if you change your mind you know how to get a hold of me." Slade said as he cut the connection leaving Raven to stare at an empty screen.

Raven turned off the chat and then the computer. With a sigh she closed it and then put her head in her hands.

"I don't believe it, all he wanted to do was ask me out." She grumbled to herself as she ran her fingers through her hair as she sighed. "What the heck is wrong with him?" Raven asked herself only to have her communicator go off causing her to cry out as it scared her slightly; it caused her to fall from her seat. She landed on her rear and stared at the communicator that was going off on her desk, wondering if she should even answer it.

She reached for her communicator and opened it. She was relieved when she saw who was on the line.

"What wrong now? I hope you didn't hurt Nightwing to much." Raven monotoned hoping that Cyborg did not see her reaction.

"Nothing is wrong and no I did not hurt Nightwing, at least to much that is." Cyborg said with a slight smirk. He stopped and thought for a moment. He then asked. "What was with that look you gave me when you answered your communicator?"

"I didn't have any type of look when answered your call." Raven defended herself as she looked off to the side.

"Yeah and I am the Queen of England." Cyborg stated as he clearly did not believe a word out of her mouth.

"Well your Majesty you are the weirdest Queen I ever saw." Raven deadpanned causing Cyborg to cross his arms and stare at her. Raven's left eyebrow began to twitch as she said. "You do know it is rude to stare?" Raven asked only to have Cyborg just stare at her more. "Fine if I tell you you're going to have to keep this to your self. You can not tell Nightwing not even Jinx what I am about to tell you."

"What's the matter, the only thing that Nightwing would freak out about is if you were talking to Slade." Cyborg began as Raven looked off to the side and played with her hair, clearly uncomfortable about where the conversation was heading. Cyborg thought for a moment and then his eye widened in surprise. "You are talking to Slade." Cyborg yelled out loud causing Raven to shush him.

"Hush, keep it down I don't what anyone else to know. I only told you because out of all the team members you're the one I trust the most."

"You trust me more then Nightwing? But he's the one that you have a bond with not me."

"He told you about the bond with out asking me first." Raven said quietly as she looked down at her hands. She was slightly hurt by the lack of courtesy.

"Hey wait a second here. The only reason I know about the bond is that I over heard Nightwing telling Starfire about it." Cyborg stopped to scratch his bald head as he thought. "I think it was something to do with not wanting to keep secrets in the hopes of strengthens their bonds."

"Well that's nice for them." Raven sneered as she bought the conversation back to the problem at hand. "Yes I was worried that Slade was on the line. He asked if I could talk on anything else because he was wary of being tracked."

"Speaking of being tracked can you get on that chat account I made for you?"

"Yes but I don't think it will help because Slade already knows it." Cyborg looked at her with an eyebrow raised in question.

"The only reason he would know it was if he hacked it or if you told him. If you did I don't mind but I still think you should be on the chat to be sure." Cyborg said as he cut the connection causing Raven to close the communicator and open up the laptop. With it open she turned it on and opened the chat session with Cyborg. "Ok, where did you met him and what happened?"

"I met him in the villain part of the city. Alfred, who is Batman's butler, told me to get familiar with the city so he gave me a list of things to do. I fought him a little and he broke one of my ribs."

"What did he do?" Cyborg demanded hotly with his human eye glinting in the light from the screen.

"It was a misunderstanding."

"What was?"

Raven's face turned pink as she began to tell Cyborg what happened.

"It was after I learned who he was. He was walking around with normal clothes on and no mask." Cyborg raised an eyebrow at that.

"You know what he looks like and you didn't tell Batman."

"Yes I didn't tell him. Slade saw me drive with Batman with out his cowl and put two and two together. Slade knows Batman's secret identity and will probable find out Nightwing's. If he tells other villain about them than their will be in worse danger. I can not say who he is but I can say I know his first and last name." Raven said as she took a deep breath.

"He talked to me normally and then pinned me to the wall because I was trying to get away. He did not touch me if that is what you are worried about. I phased through the wall behind me only to have him grab a hold of me and was pulled a long with me. I landed on a couch and he landed on me. He pinned me to the couch and whispered something in my ear. Then he licks my ear which causes my powers to lash out at him and send him flying in to the ceiling. He thought I tried to kill him so he started to kick me before I was able to explain what happened."

"He licked your ear and you sent him flying. Way to go girl I knew you had it in ya." Cyborg said with a large grin. "What else happened?"

"He showed me around the rest of the city and then took me out for tea."

"He took you out for tea." He suddenly had a large smile on his face. "So?"

"So what?" Raven asked as she stared at Cyborg in confusion. Why was he acting this way? Shouldn't he be upset with the fact she was with Slade and had been on what many would consider a date? She just hoped that he would not ask something foolish.

"How did it go?" Raven's eyes widened as she took in what he asked.

"Are you seriously asking me how it went, as if it was a date?"

"A date with Slade, well he does probably know the most about you, well beside the team that is. You didn't complain about him like you did Batman." Cyborg rubbed his chin in thought. "And it seems like Slade could take care of you better then him anyways." Cyborg stopped at her surprised expression. "Look at it from this point of view, Batman had three sidekicks. One quit, one died and the other was almost killed by the same man who killed the second one. Slade has had two apprentices and both are still alive today."

"So what you saying is that I should work for Slade instead." She whispered quietly.

"No I'm not saying that, it's just that as I got older I thought about certain things. One of them was Slade. No matter how I looked at him it seems like he was playing with us. I have a hunch he could have killed us on our first meeting. And when your father came to earth to kill everything he did not have to give Starfire that ring." Raven looked off to the side clearly uncomfortable about where the conversation was going. "You wouldn't have been the one who gave him the ring, right?"

"I gave him the ring." Raven said as she rubbed her left arm and looked down at the floor. Cyborg's human eyebrow rose and then a wicked smirk lighted up his face.

"Isn't the guy supposed to give the girl the ring?" He said as he laughed causing Raven' eyes to widen and mouth to gape slightly.

"What are you talking about?" Raven shrieked. "It was not an engagement ring it was just . . ."

"Just what?" Cyborg asked.

"I gave it to him because I knew my father would betray him in the end. So I wanted to give him a fighting chance." Raven stated as she stared at Cyborg.

"Well he lived through whatever happened to him and helped in the end. Even if his reasons weren't pure, he still helped after he got his 'skin' back."

"So you heard from Nightwing that he was a walking skeleton for a while?"

"Yeah and Beast Boy had to add the comment about Zombies and eating brains."

"I remember that, I told him he did not have to worry because he didn't have any brains to begin with. He didn't think it was funny."

"Oh well, back to the original part of the conversation. What happened after you got back?"

"I talked to Batman's butler about what happened and Batman over heard us. He got mad and stormed off."

"He stormed off, hmm." Cyborg said as he rubbed his chin with his hand in thought. He suddenly had an idea but he would not say anything about it until he had more proof. "Ok after he stormed off what happened?"

"I ate supper and went to my room to meditate. Then Slade used the frequency for my communicator to ask me to chat with him. All because he wanted to ask me a question."

"What type of question did he want to ask you?" Cyborg asked as he leaned forward in his seat. From his expression he already knew the answer but he wanted her to say it out loud.

"He asked me if I had plans tomorrow but I told him I did not. I also told him that I was not going anywhere with him either."

"So he just called to ask you for a date and you shot him down, ahh poor guy." Cyborg said with a serious face only to burst out laughing. Raven sighed and placed her head in her hands as she waited for him to stop laughing. It took a while but Cyborg finally stopped but for a few brief chuckles. "Ok, so either Slade has a crush on you or he is just really bored."

"I vote for bored." Raven said as she looked at her fingernails.

"Why do you say that?" Cyborg asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Any other reason would be just too weird. If he did have a 'crush' on me I would teleport straight home and send someone else to fight him."

"That might not work out like you planned." He said as Raven looked at him in question. "He might just follow you home."

"If he does then I'm teleporting to Azarath as some as possible. Even if I don't want to go back there."

"Why not, I mean it was your first home and all?"

"Too much pain and sadness fill up those temple walls that I can't go through with anymore."

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's not something I want to talk about."

"Ok so we will talk about something else then." Cyborg thought for a moment. "Ok, everyone wanted to know how you were doing so far away from home. So how are you doing over there Raven?"

"I would be doing fine if I did not have to deal with Batman or Slade but what can I say, this is not my year."

"Well your birthday is coming up so what are you going to do for it? You're a Halloween baby so Happy Samhain to you." Cyborg said as he did a peace sign and smiled.

"Samhain is the beginning of the darker part of the year, usually celebrated on Halloween. Thanks for reminding me about my birthday. I could've gone another year without thinking about it."

"Well this year's special. It's the big 18 and you have to celebrate that. Oh yeah did you get your box fixed?"

"Not yet, Dr. Light shop is closed on Sunday and I have to wait for Monday to go."

"I hope he doesn't go running for the hills because that guy is still afraid of you."

"I'll try not to make him scared but no promises. I might just take someone with me to block the exits for me."

"Oh, and who would that be? Would it be Slade by any chance?" Cyborg asked innocently as he peered at her from the corner of his eye.

"I hope not but it might just happen like that with my luck of meeting him. I can not go one day without seeing some sign of him. It is beginning to get annoying."

"Hmm, well I have to tell you this then. Nightwing and Starfire are coming over to where you are after Halloween. I think that was the correct time. I'm not sure about that though. It could even be on or before it."

"Why are they coming over here for anyways?" Raven asked as she crossed her arm over her chest.

"Night wants to speak to his mentor and invite him."

"I see, so the idiot in the rubber suit will be there to oh joy. I will have to ask about not going."

"Sorry no can do, you remember that you are the maid of honor, right. You can not back down just because you don't like who will be there." Cyborg eyes suddenly glinted in the light as he suddenly had a great idea. "Bring a date to the wedding, I don't care who you bring but come with someone ok. Hey you might even be able to get Slade to come with you."

"You want me to ask Slade to the wedding." Raven said as she thought about it. "Fine I will ask him when I think it is the right time." With that being said Cyborg's mouth dropped open in shock. "What you didn't think I would do it." Raven said with a smirk. Cyborg let out a short chuckle as he rubbed his hand over his face. He took a deep breath as he got himself under control.

"Well I was not expecting that but if he does say yes then please tell me. If he comes then I can see who he really is."

"I'll see what I can do but no promises. He might not want you to know about his real self. On another note what type of wedding are they having again?"

"Nightwing will go as his real self and so will Starfire. We will be wearing the concealing rings you made us for last Christmas."

"Oh, so no hero stuff only normal everyday life."

"Yes, Starfire wants to have Nightwing's last name so it has to be that way. So do you think that you will go out to hunt down bad guys tonight?"

"I don't think so; Batman might just go on his own. He is still angry with me even though I don't know why. I just don't understand him at all." Raven sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair, tugging lightly on a lock of her hair as she did so. She looked off to the side and stared out the window. Her eyebrow rose as she took in the darkening sky. Had she really been talking to Cyborg that long? She turned around in her seat and looked at her alarm clock. It was around 9:30 and she was beginning to feel just the little bit tired. "It's already that late?"

"What are you talk girlie it's still early." Cyborg said with a smirk as he looked at the time.

"Yes it is late because not everyone is a night owl like you."

"Hey I'm not the night owl that's Nightwing prerogatives not mine. I sleep a reasonable time but not this early."

"Well sorry to disappoint you but I am getting tired. I had to walk around the city plus dealing with Slade. Put them both together and I'm beat. I need some sleep because I have no idea about what I will do tomorrow."

"Ok Good night and don't let the bed bug bite." Cyborg said in a mock serious voice before he started laughing. Raven scowled before she said a curt good night and promptly hung up on him.

Raven turned off the computer and closed it. With the laptop in hand she got to her feet and walked to the book shelve. She put the laptop back and then got her pj out of her dresser. With a sigh she got dressed and went to the bath room to brush her teeth. When she was done she got in to bed and pulled the covers over her head as she slowly fell asleep.

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Mansion- Early morning- Raven

Birds chirping outside her window were the first thing she heard. She groans as she slowly removed the blanket from over her head. She had to clench her eyes shut from the sun glaring through her window. With a small wave of her hand she closed the curtains and sat up.

Raven looked around her as she slowly woke up from her sleep. With a sigh she threw off the covers and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. From her sitting position Raven saw that it was six thirty in the morning. She knew she had plenty of time before breakfast to get cleaned up so she went to the bathroom and took a shower. When she was down she quickly got dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt with a dark purple vest over it. She has on black skinny jeans and her knee-high boots.

She went to her full length mirror and started to comb her hair. She contemplated the length and tried to decide if she should cut it. She decided against it once again as she took a pony tail holder and tied back her hair.

Raven took up her bracelet from where she had left it last night and then placed in on her wrist. With everything in place she went to the door to her room and unlocks it. Slowly pushing it open Raven walked in tot eh halls as she made her way to the stairs. When she reached the bottom she heard the sound of cooking being made. She walked in to the kitchen and stood in the door way as she saw Alfred roll dough around on a cutting board with two cookie sheets by his elbow.

Alfred looked up as if he knew he was being watched and smiled at her. Raven smiled back before she thought about the cookies being made. She raised an eye brow in question.

"What's with the cookies?" Raven asked as she sat down the island and leaned on her elbows.

"I'm making them to be delivered after they are down. I would like for you to take them to the proper destination as he used a cookie cutter to cut the dough. When he was finished with the cut out shapes and placed them on the cookie sheets he turned towards the oven. He opened it and placed one by one the cookie sheets on the racks. He then closed the door and turned on the timer.

Alfred then turned toward Raven and waved to an already full plate of food.

"You have twelve minutes to finish eating so you can deliver the cookies while their still fresh." With that being said Alfred left the room.

As Raven sat down to eat she had the weirdest feeling that he had left so she could not ask him why she had to deliver cookies. She just hoped nothing strange would happen to her when she was out.

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Here end Chapter Seven

Chats and Baking cookies what is going to happen? Who is Raven going to deliver the cookies to? Well you will have to wait and see.

Reviewers

discb- With the way the story's going in my head I have to keep him in the dark. If he knew about Slade then the story would be different. Both Slade and Batman live off information. It seems like Slade is better at getting it. Thank you for the review.

Midnight Lost- Everything in live has two or more sides. The villain and the human, two sides of the same coin. Which side will be the dominate one, just have to wait and see. Thank you for the review and I'm glad you thought that the banter was funny. There was a lot of banter in Teen Titans.

Simba Spirit Skywalker- Sorry for the long wait. Here is the long awaited seventh chapter. I'm glad you loved Slade. He was always one of my favorite characters. Since we never see his face or learn of him outside of his suit I have an empty slate to fill. Thank you for the review.

To everyone who has reviewed my Story I thank you and I am happy that you like the story so far.

Reason why I wrote this is Raven and Slade Youtube videos.

This story was forever bouncing around my head and would not stop. So I wrote it down.

Hope you like it.

Reviews are welcome

Kaiser Signing off