Hehehe! I've been dying to write this chapter for a while now. I hope you all like it! I guess you can kind of consider it as a filler chapter, since it doesn't really have anything to do with the plot of my story. Oh well! Read on, faithful…readers!

---Jaime

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. But whoever DOES own them is one lucky guy.

Ch. 36: Untitled

It was a partly cloudy Thursday morning in Raya City, and Rune had no idea what to do for the day. Considering that she no longer had to go to the High school of Hell, she wondered what she would do to entertain herself while she was home alone. Her mother had gone into work early that day, working on some big important case for a client of hers. Her father was nowhere to be found, but Rune knew he was probably out either stealing as Red X or working at his other job as Logan Falle, professional computer programmer. Sighing as she filled up Yuho's food dish with crunchy, salmon-flavored cat food, and idea popped into Rune's head. Deciding to act, Rune dressed in her street clothes, groomed herself, and grabbed her wallet on her way out the door.

"I'm going to the bookstore, Yuho," she said to the wide-eyed cat as he watched her leave. "Be good."

When she had gone and the front door was both closed and locked, Yuho continued to stare at it for a few minutes.

"…Meow?"

Well, if no one was going to be home to pet him, he needn't stay there. Trotting over to Mr. Falle's office, Yuho entered the messy room and looked around. After a moment, he moved towards a stack of papers near the wall, gently pushing them aside with his head to reveal an open hole for the air conditioning to come through. Jumping down the opening, Yuho found himself in a labyrinth of cold metal passages and began his journey through the maze to freedom. The snowy tom flicked his tail as he sauntered through the small corridors, until suddenly the ground fell out from beneath him! He screeched in shock as he went down the icy slide, twisting and turning around so much that he wasn't sure if he was falling up or down. Until finally, the poor frightened cat landed on the first floor of the apartment building. After standing and taking a moment to orient himself, Yuho pushed his way out of a loose aperture and into the basement. He quickly jumped onto a few random boxes and out of an open window to the street. Purring happily to himself, he finally reached the grimy asphalt and strolled leisurely through the alley.

Pleased with his victorious escape, Yuho failed to notice a man standing in front of him until the poor kitty was sucked into the shadows and whirled away. He felt an odd sensation in his stomach, and saw spots before his large blue eyes. Thankfully, the unwanted ride ended soon enough as Yuho landed on a carpeted floor with a thump. Standing on shaky legs, the kitty looked around and spotted the same man from before. He wore all black, right down to the hoodless cloak fastened around his neck. Yuho stared at his shimmering sliver hair, pondering ways he could attack the attractive locks.

"Meow?"

Upon hearing the strange sound, Dominique turned to stare down at a small white cat in the midst of his apartment. Pale pink eyes stared into cerulean orbs as the two sized each other up. Brow scrunched in confusion, the teen bent down to pet the small animal. As it purred in appreciation, Dominique smiled.

'How did this guy get in here?' he thought, thinking back to when he had teleported home from the alley. 'Awe, the little guy must have gotten caught in my shadow. That had to suck,' he sympathized, knowing all too well how dizzying shadow transportation could be for a first-timer.

After checking the collar around his guest's neck, Dominique grinned and pet Yuho again. The kitty had no objections, and rubbed happily against the assassin's hand.

'Well, isn't this a coincidence? It wasn't too long ago that I was trying to kill Miss Falle, and now her cat has made my acquaintance? How ironic…'

Picking up the cuddly animal, Dominique made his way into his rather clean kitchen to fetch a bowl of water for Yuho. Setting both the cat and the bowl on his counter, he watched as Yuho lapped up the liquid gratefully. He gently stroked the soft, snowy fur of his small visitor, debating on whether or not to return him right away.

'Rune might be missing him,' he thought, as Yuho looked up at him with his head tilted to the side cutely. '…But then again, she probably hasn't noticed yet… Well, Yuho? Do you wanna hang out with me?'

And almost as though Yuho could read minds, the kitty responded with a rather happy meow. Dominique smiled and patted his head, then departed for his living room with Yuho in pursuit. The teen plopped down onto his small brown couch and grabbed the television remote as his fluffy companion leapt onto his lap and curled into a ball. Flipping through the channels, the duo didn't really find anything worth watching. So, thinking quickly to solve their problem, Dominique used the power of his remote control to turn on a DVD. They were old-fashioned and pretty much obsolete, but Dominique was fascinated by their slowness and poor visual quality. Yeah, I don't get it either…

As the main menu came up, Dominique pressed play and shifted Yuho onto the couch so he could retrieve some snacks. Yuho waited patiently for his host's return, and mewed upon the boy's arrival. Dominique smiled as he sat down with an armful of chips, cookies, milk, and some tuna fish for them to enjoy. The two soon became engrossed in the film, and munched mindlessly on the snacks during its entirety. Anyone looking in on the scene would have thought they were rather sweet together, both on the edge of their seats with wide eyes like a child's as they absorbed every moment of the movie. Their personalities were very much alike, and they both had the same reactions to different scenes and dramatic moments. They were almost like twins. When it was finally over, they sat numbly on the chair for a minute before grinning widely at each other.

'That was a great movie!' Dominique thought as Yuho meowed his own opinion.

The joy was short-lived, however, as a song clip started playing from the laptop on a desk behind the couch. Dominique reacted by flipping backwards over the furniture and landing softly before his computer, typing away at the keyboard while the song continued. Yuho peeked over the back of the couch in curiosity, watching as the teen smirked mischievously at the screen. Closing the laptop and turning around, Dominique seemed quite happy about something. He walked to his kitchen to don his shoes, petting Yuho lightly as he passed. The cat followed him a minute later just in time to see his shadow come to life as it began wrapping itself around the assassin, presumably to teleport him somewhere else. Upon noticing his observer, Dominique stopped what he was doing to bend down and scoop Yuho up in his arms.

'Wanna come with me?' he asked in his thoughts. Yuho purred agreeably; Dominique then proceeded to wrap his shadow around them, enveloping them in darkness. The ride was less nauseating his second time around, but the cat would never fully get used to this mode of transport.

Not even a minute later, the two were standing inside a rather large office. Dominique immediately dropped his partner and disappeared in a whirl of inky shadows, leaving Yuho to look around in confusion. He meowed a loud cry of complaint, disliking being left alone. Consequently, his voice reached the ears of a rather portly old man in a business suit transferring huge wads of cash from a safe in the wall to a briefcase. The man turned around quickly, eyes wide and fearful. When his gaze landed upon Yuho, he breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled a little.

"You scared the hell out of me, little guy," he admitted, turning back to continue stealing from the safe.

Yuho's quick eyes caught movement on the high ceiling and looked up to see Dominique being held by his shadow. The teen held his finger to his mouth in an effort to tell his companion to stay silent; fortunately for him, Yuho was a relatively quiet cat. The assassin moved with grace any dancer would envy as he flipped soundlessly down to the floor behind his target, landing on his hands and feet in a crouched position. Standing quickly, Dominique's shadow preceded him to wrap itself around the thief's throat in a vise-like hold. The poor man immediately began thrashing against the shadow, clutching against the intangible rope around his neck in an attempt at freedom. Dominique seemed almost bored as the other man fell to the floor with a thud, dead as a doornail. Walking happily back to Yuho, the assassin received such a scary look from the cat that his blood ran cold. It was almost as if the animal were scolding him for being a killer. Dominique placed his hands before him defensively, giving an apologetic smile to the kitty.

'Don't look at me like that!' he thought. 'That guy was a thief who only looked out for his own happiness. I did the world a favor by getting rid of him.'

Dominique could have sworn that Yuho rolled his eyes at him then, as the assassin turned to collect one wad of cash from the pile on the floor as his payment. Placing the money in his cloak pocket, he looked back to see Yuho sniffing something on the floor by the dead guy. He bent down to inspect the object more carefully; it was small and black, almost the size of an MP3 player. But there was a red blinking light on the top, with a small screen to the right. On the screen, the device was counting backwards from 20. With a jolt of shock, Dominique realized that it was a small time bomb; a trap to catch Dominique, no doubt. As soon as he understood that, an alarm sounded inside the room, causing Yuho to jump in fright. A spiky metal door now blocked the exit, and bars came down over the large windows all around them. The time on the clock had reached 9…

Quickly, Dominique grabbed Yuho and wrapped his shadow around them. From the outside, it looked like a large black cat until it shot like a lightning bolt up through the ceiling and away from the dangerous room. The timer reached five…four…three…two…one… Citizens on the streets shrieked as a large section of building exploded above their heads, sending rubble and dust onto the people below. Dominique and Yuho watched from atop a neighboring skyscraper as the chaos ensued. The assassin grinned happily at his work, while Yuho just stared at the ant-like people scurrying about on the ground. With a swish of his cloak, Dominique and his companion disappeared into the shadows.

Back at Dominique's apartment, the pair decided to watch more movies. And maybe play with string, listen to music, go to the park, eat some Doritos, play pranks on people…

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Rune was rather tired from her long trip to the bookstore as she walked lazily down the hall of the building to her front door. After unlocking it and entering, the girl put her shopping bag of books down on the counter and breathed a sigh of relief. She noticed the time after a glance to the microwave, almost surprised to learn it was eight P.M. already. She walked over to Yuho's food dish and noticed it was still as full as it had been that morning. Raising a brow in confusion, she looked around only to find him sleeping happily on a stool behind her. Shaking her head, she lightly petted the soft cat's fur, drawing her hand back when she noticed an orange substance on his head and around his mouth.

"What the-?" Upon further inspection, the powder was identified as cheese flavoring, like that found on chips. "What did you do today?" she questioned the then-awake cat, walking away to get a wet cloth to clean him. Yuho licked his lips happily.

"Meow!"

Hm. This chapter seemed kinda off to me. It was too fast, wasn't it? Oh well. I'll work on the next one to make it better. I hope you liked my filler chapter, and sorry it took like, 16 days to update. No excuses, I'm just a lazy, writer's block-ridden procrastinator. Oh well.

---Jaime