Next chappie is here! This one was hard to write.

M0M: Thanks Mother-type-personification!

Special reader challenge: If anyone can figure out what language Fiona is speaking and what she says in this chapter, you get Joryrn, Jorryn's typo twin, to keep, he's just as much of a bishie, but not sadistic! Yay!

Enough chatter! Fic time!

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"What do you mean 'we owe it to Lee'?" Ericka asked.

"Exactly what I said, without Lee, I wouldn't be here," Jorryn replied, "She made a good host for my-" He looked at Raven, "'oily rag that I call a soul' I believe you called it."

"Yes, that was what I called it," Raven replied, "and I would appreciate if you would stop gloating long enough to tell me why you picked Lee, of all people, and how you managed to pull it off without any of us noticing. That isn't minor magic."

"Well, seeing as how I'm going to kill you anyway, I don't suppose it really matters. But I believe I wont tell. It would be much more amusing to make you guess and have your soul be tormented by not knowing when I get my revenge."

"Why do you want revenge?" Lee asked, "If she didn't really kill you it would be kind of stupid, and if anyone here deserves to get revenge, it would be me."

"She may not have killed me," Jorryn said, he looked at Raven and his face twisted into something truly frightening, "BUT IT STILL HURT!"

With those words, he threw a ball of energy at Raven. She jumped over Jorryn's head and landed directly behind him. He turned around to receive a punch in the nose that sent him stumbling backwards.

He recovered his footing just in time to dodge a fireball from Fiona. The redheaded girl sent another one, which he also dodged. Mostly. The left side of his face was burned badly, but he seemed not to notice it.

Beast Boy jumped at Jorryn in the form of a lion. Jorryn jumped out of the way and threw a fire ball at Beast Boy. It stopped halfway and flew back at Jorryn.

"You really need to remember that you can't use fire against me or my friends," Fiona smirked as the ball hit Jorryn.

Jorryn doubled over from the pain, but quickly recovered. He stood up again breathing a little bit heavier than before but otherwise not too bad. He jumped away as Fiona sent another fire ball at him.

"Eheu!" Fiona cried, reverting to her native tongue, "Vir cuadi! Fight me!"

Jorryn ignored Fiona, only succeeding in angering her further.

Will put a hand on Fiona's shoulder, "My turn."

Fiona nodded and backed away as water emptied out of the bay and hovered near Will, changing to ice. Just in time, Raven realized what she was going to do.

"Duck!" she yelled, pulling Beast boy to the ground moments before thousands of ice razors passed were they had just been.

Jorryn had managed to dodge most of the razors, but he still resembled a pincushion. The ice came out and hovered in the air before him. Blood flowed freely from his wounds. He collapsed on the ground.

"I...will...not...die...ALONE!" he yelled, sending the ice razors flying towards Raven.

The girl tried to dodge, but not fast enough. The razors hit her, leaving wounds all across her body.

The last thing she saw was her friends' faces looking completely horrified. Then the world went black.

***

Raven was walking in a cave much like the ones she and her friends had explored during their adventure. She wondered how she had gotten there. She saw a flickering light coming out of another cave and walked toward it.

She entered the cave to see a woman sitting beside a fire. She wasn't much more than a girl actually. She had long frizzy brown hair and looked to be about thirteen years old.

"Come, share my food and fire," the girl said, smiling.

"Am I..." Raven trailed off, not want to say the terrible idea out loud.

"Dead?" the girl asked, "No, but you're close to it."

Raven was at a loss for words.

"You don't have to die if you don't want to," the girl smiled again, "That's why I'm talking to you. To give you a chance to keep going."

"I wasn't actually aware that the gods cared what happened to mortals."

"We don't most of the time," the goddess replied.

"Then why bother giving me a choice?"

"Why not?" came the all too bright answer.

"Because there is absolutely no logic behind it."

"There's absolutely no logic behind the universe either," she replied, "and there doesn't have to be, because for us, it's just entertainment. Your lives are stories, and we write them. You mortals are quite funny."

"Good to know my life has been useful to somebody."

"Such a pessimist. It doesn't really matter, though, do you want to live or not?"

"I-" Raven stopped.

"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"

"All of the sudden I don't know."

"You don't have to make up your mind right away. Think it over, there are good points to each side."

Raven only nodded.

***

"Is she going to make it?" Beast Boy asked the doctor as he exited the room.

"I've done all I can," The doctor sighed, "I don't know if she'll pull though or not. It all depends on if she wants to live or not."

"What do you mean?" Ericka asked.

"If she doesn't want to live, then she won't. If she does want to live, then she might."

Beast boy returned to the waiting room /Why on earth wouldn't anyone want to live?/ he wondered.

***

It seemed to Raven that she had been thinking for hours, though in reality it had only been a few minutes. She had reached her decision.

"I want to live," she said to the goddess, who was currently chewing a large mouthful of the meat that had been roasting over the fire.

The goddess swallowed quickly, "You're sure?"

"Yes," Raven answered.

"Alright then." The goddess answered.

She reached over toward Raven and shut her eyes, "Sleep."

***

Raven awoke in hospital bed. She could just barely see Lee out of the corner of her eye. Her head hurt too much for her to move.

"Lee, don't worry. It'll be fine," Will soothed.

"It won't be fine! I've gotten everyone into a huge mess, and now Deirdre's going to die probably and it'll be all my fauuult!" She wailed.

"Shut up, Lee," Raven muttered. /Ow! Talking not good! Bad for head!/

"What?" Lee stared directly at Raven.

"Crying never helps and only makes everyone else feel bad. Besides, I've got a bad enough headache as it is."

"YOU'RE ALIVE!" Lee yelled.

"That should be made obvious by the fact that I'm speaking to you." Raven replied dryly, but she couldn't resist a tiny smile, "What happened to Jorryn?"

"He's dead," April answered, "For good."

***

A few days later, the doctor decided that Raven was well enough to return to Teen Titans tower.

It was late, and most of the people in the tower had gone to bed already. Raven was still awake, watching some random horror movie on T.V. when Beast Boy walked into the room.

"Hey," he said, smiling, "How're you feeling?"

"Just because I've recovered from a near death experience doesn't mean I'm made of glass," Raven answered.

"I know that, I was just worried about you," Beast Boy responded, a hint of red coloring his cheeks, "I was really scared you were going to die."

"You were?" Raven asked. For some reason, it felt nice to know that Beast Boy had been worried about her.

"Yeah," Beast Boy's face was now clearly red.

"That's nice to hear," Raven said with a smile.

"You're welcome."

They sat watching the movie in silence for a few more minutes.

"Raven?" Beast Boy broke the silence.

"Yes?"

"I was just wondering if you'd like to go out with me sometime?"

Raven looked at him, startled. That was not the question she had been expecting to hear.

"I'm sorry," Beast boy said quickly, "it was probably stupid to ask and-"

"Sure," Raven answered, blushing furiously.

Lee and the other girls were watching around the corner, just as they had been doing only a few days ago.

"More road kill in July feelings!" April grinned.

"That's still disgusting April," Ericka grimaced.

"It's still true, too!"

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Fluffy stuff! Yayness!

I've just come up with an idea for a sequel that takes place ten years later! When Lee is kidnapped, they need all the team to get her back. But Raven isn't so keen on the idea of leaving earth. So? Whatcha think?

Remember: Language and what she said gets you Joryrn!

Jorryn: Why can't you give ME to them so I can get away from you?

Because you are MY evil bishie and I'm not giving you away! *glomp*

Jorryn: Can't...breathe...