A/N: Sorry I haven't updated for a few days. I haven't been feeling too good and I've been busy...4 hours of pulling weeds...well, this chapter is really short and stupid, but I wrote it anyway. More to come when I have time.

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The board struck his little body again. He fell to the floor.

"Get up, boy!" called his beater.

The small boy didn't move. He couldn't.

'Why?' he thought. 'Why does he do this to me? How can anyone be so mean?'

"I said get up!" the white haired man yelled bringing the board down on the violet eyed boy.

"Stop. Please. Stop." the boy breathed, but he knew the man wouldn't stop.

"Stop?" the voice was suddenly different. It was no long the voice of a grown man, but the voice of a teen. Prozen had faded. Shamoto stood in his place.

"What the hell are you doing to me?" Raven yelled. He was no longer a kid, but his grown self. "Why don't you just leave me and Reese the hell a lone and screw up your own dreams."

Shamoto only smiled. The smile was anything but warm.

"So, you like this dream? The pain, Prozen beating you, the weakness…" Shamoto trailed off.

"I'm no weakling!" Raven shouted charging at the grayish-blue haired boy.

Shamoto just stood there. At the last second, he pulled the dagger out. Raven didn't see it and ran up to him ready to beat the shit out of him. The dagger dug into his gut as he punched Shamoto in the face once before pulling back and dropping to his knees from the pain.

"Reese is mine. This is your last warning to stay away from her." Shamoto said kicking Raven just above where the knife was. Raven gasped at the pain sweeping through out his middle section.

"Reese is not yours. She hates your damn guts. You've got as much of a chance with her as a snowman has in Hell." Raven said trying his best to stand. Blood was rushing out of the wound in his stomach. His vision was going blurry.

"I'm certainly not letting you get her. I could easily kill you here and now, trapped in this dream to bleed to death. I saw you and Reese in bed. The only reason I have to not kill you right now is Reese. She'd be too hurt. You just keep your hands off her." With that said, Shamoto faded and so did the world around Raven.

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Raven woke up to find Reese missing. He quickly changed into some clothes he had bought the day before, a pair to blue jeans and a plain black shirt. He walked out the door and down the hallway to the kitchen.

"Raven, can you flip that bacon for me?" Fiona called over her shoulder as she mixed some pancake batter.

"Have you seen Reese yet?" he asked.

"Yeah. She's in Van and my room taking a shower." Fiona answered while pouring some of the batter into a pan. "Do you like your pancakes a certain way?"

"Plain is fine." Raven said as he finished with the bacon and walked off back to his room.

'Not much of a morning person I guess.' the blonde thought to herself.

Raven grabbed a bag from his little pile of stuff and walked to Van's room. He walked in and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Who is it?" Reese called.

"Me."

"What do you want, Raven?"

"I got something for you I think you might want." the dark haired pilot answered.

Reese opened the door a little. All she was wearing was a towel wrapped around her body from just under her arms to barley a fourth way to her knees. All Raven could do was stare.

"Who's staring now?" the blue haired woman asked.

"Here." he managed to get out handing her the bag still looking up and down her body.

Reese looked in the bag, said 'thank you' and closed the door in his face.

'Damn…she's hot.' Raven thought.

"I read that too." Reese called as Raven was walking out the door. He turned to say something smart in return, but closed his mouth and walked off.