Did you guys know this is the second to last chapter? It's pretty exciting if you think about it. I mean, I know it's sad and all, but I'm really excited about writing a sequel. I have some really good ideas for the next one. But I'm not as excited about that as I am with this chapter. That's because this chapter is Beastboy heart Raven! Yay! Long live opposites!

By the way, solodancer789 mentioned that the last chapter was a little bit confusing, and I sort of get why you said that. It was pretty jumbled up, but basically what happened was Cyborg is the Titans leader, Beastboy thinks the dog-shape-changer-person is Slade, and they're all going to go try and figure out what is up with him. And maybe Raven wants to figure out what's going on with the whole mind-control thing… she really wishes that is true…

Thanks to my new reviewers, spergirl (she was anonymous) and Storm90. Yeah, of course I won't kill off BB, he's the funniest, sweetest character. Actually, the sweetest is Starfire, but whatever, BB is the funniest. In a dopey, wannabe-funny way, but still. I like him. Also, to meangenius, yes that was for a new Teen Titans leader. Thanks, by the way. I've been trying to keep them right, too. I haven't had Star say a contraction yet, I think.

I'm not going to summarize what this chapter is about. Know why? Because you already know! This story is all BEASTBOY AND RAVEN FLUFF! YAY! Well, not just BBRae fluff, but mostly. There's also a little bit of, you know, finding out if Batman is evil. But that's not as important, hee hee.

Disclaimer: IDOTT. Let's get on with it!

Dedication: To all my lovely reviewers! Thank you all so much!

Chapter Eighteen: Forevermore

On the Way to the Batcave:

"Raven, as I said before, I do truly believe Beastboy. I do not know exactly what has happened, but he is not the kind of person who would shed any kind of unkindness to another."

Cyborg snorted. "Yeah, right. Besides totally beating someone at video games and then rubbing it in. Oh, and playing those stupid 'harmless pranks.' But hey, besides that, he's perfectly kind. Generous. Polite. He really goes out of his way to help others," he said sarcastically.

"This is serious, Cyborg," Raven said in an angry voice. "Listen, you don't know what happened that day, and I know you're trying to prove a point. But we aren't talking about anything as pathetically worthless as a prank, all right? This is real. It's important."

Cyborg nodded. "Yeah, sorry. I was just kind of peeved that he creamed me at Battle Cart Blazers a few days ago. He didn't even say 'good game.'" (A/N: I made that up, if it really is a game, then I don't own it. Disclaimers are so annoying.)

They all laughed a little at that one. Just as Raven was considering the truth to it all, Cyborg said with a grin, "Well, we're here."

They all nodded and knocked on a thing that they thought was a passageway. Sure enough, Beastboy silently opened a hidden door and let them all in. He smiled politely at Robin and Starfire and congratulated Cyborg on his new duty. As Raven coldly passed him, he grabbed her arm and pulled her into a corner of the room.

A Corner of the Batcave:

"Raven, listen," he said in a cracked, nervous voice. "I swear I didn't mean to do anything like that. And I swear I'm not making this whole Terra thing up. I guess Melanie gives everyone powers once they come back to life. Raven was purified for a moment, and so was Terra… if you call her new powers purifying, anyway."

"Well, maybe they were meant for good," Raven admitted. "Still, if that's the case, then what are Slade's new powers?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. When I left, I had this weird theory…" he trailed off.

"What is it?" Raven asked. But her voice had lost its coldness, and she had a newfound understanding to her voice. Her violet eyes shone with something new. He wasn't sure if it was love or hatred or a combination of the two, but he found some comfort in them.

"Don't make fun of me, but… well, don't you think that maybe Slade is, you know… Batman?"

Raven's eyes widened. "What on Earth…" she stuttered. "Slade? Evil Slade? Robin's arch enemy? Being Batman, Robin's ex mentor, as well as a close ally?"

"I know it sounds crazy right now," he said hurriedly. "But think about it. I mean, he was purified… into some kind of weird new behavior. He killed Robin's love's kidnapper. Maybe the purification just made him want to do good."

She shrugged. "I can agree with that. Maybe he was purified. Still, how can Slade be Batman? There's no connection."

"Yeah, but what if Slade has been Batman this whole entire time? Think about it. Batman wanted Robin to stay his apprentice, not to get ahead of him. He was afraid that, if the time came, Robin would some day be able to beat him in a duel. That's why Slade keeps wanting Robin for an apprentice. A regular bad guy wouldn't care about a partner. But someone who wanted to slow Robin down from unleashing his full power… and beating him, too. Doesn't it make sense?"

Again, her eyes widened. "Well, it is uncanny. But you have no proof. None at all, Beastboy. There might be nothing between the two, and then you'd be wasting your time."

"Batman can change shape, Raven. Something he neglected to tell us. Well, why not change shape into someone evil, instead of someone good? Then no one will know, and he doesn't have to change back if he doesn't want to. No one can make him."

Now she was starting to panic. She knew, as well as the others, that they stood even less of a chance against Batman than they did against Slade.

"I know what you're thinking, Raven," he said in a comforting tone. "But don't worry. We killed him before. He was Batman then, too."

"And he'd be dead for good if-"

"Raven!" he interrupted loudly. "I just remembered something! How could I be such an idiot? The papers, Raven! Don't you remember? For weeks they were complaining that more crimes than ever had been occurring! That's because Batman wasn't there. He wasn't even alive. Did you notice how they stopped saying that once Terra brought him back?"

"You're right!" she gasped in disbelief. "We've got to go tell the others, and fast!"

A Secret Room:

"What is this?" Starfire asked excitedly.

"It's a trap door," Cyborg gasped just as excitedly. "Maybe he's down there." He grinned at Starfire. "Ladies first, I insist," he said humorously.

Robin rolled his eyes and started to hop down into it, when Cyborg caught him.

"It's okay, man, I was joking," Cyborg said with an easy smile. "I'm the new leader, remember? I guess I'm not supposed to be afraid of anything, so I had better go first."

Robin nodded, and followed after him. Starfire jumped down as well and, not seeing Beastboy or Raven, closed the loose floorboard behind her.

"I do not see him," Starfire commented when she reached the ground. "But maybe-"

"Wait," Cyborg said in a strange voice. "I just had a… a thought come over me. What if Terra is good, and Beastboy is bad?"

"What?" Starfire and Robin both spat at the same time.

"Do you not understand?" he asked in a robotic voice. "I am right. Consider."

"He… he is right," Robin said after a moment in a similar robotic voice. "Why did I not see it before? It is not Terra that we must eliminate. Terra is our ruler. She is on our side of all of this. It is Beastboy that we must eliminate. Beastboy… and then Raven."

In the same hollow tone, Starfire agreed, "You are both right. We must go… to eliminate them. Before anything else is done."

In the shadows, away from the sights of any of the others, the newly psychic Terra let out a satisfied laugh.

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"What's that?" Beastboy asked in surprise at the ground.

"What's what?" Raven asked absentmindedly. She was still thinking about two very important topics – one, Slade possibly being Batman; and two, Beastboy being controlled by Terra. She wanted it to be true so much, but how could he prove it to her?

"Listen, Raven," he said patiently, turning to look at her directly in the eye. "I want to prove that to you – I know what you're thinking. But until we find Terra, I can't. We have more important things to find out, anyway. Like where Cy, Star, and Robin are."

"What do you mean?" she asked in some alarm. "I thought they were up here."

"Do you see them?" he asked, rolling his eyes. "They must have found a trap door or a hidden nook or cranny somewhere and left us. Think you could find one?"

She nodded, and used her powers to feel around the entire room for loose spots. Her eyes opened on a particular spot at the center of the room in the ceiling. "I think there's a top floor to this building," she explained. "Maybe it's invisible, but I think it's there."

They both flew up to the spot on the ceiling (Beastboy as a bird) and opened it. Sure enough, there was another floor beneath them.

"Oh, hello," Terra said from the back of the room. "I suppose you are looking for your friends? Trust me, you have no need to look for them. I have a feeling they'll find you easily… in a soon enough time period." She smiled. "I see you two lovebirds are back together. I shouldn't be so surprised, but I figured the Goth could hold a bigger grudge than this."

"What are you talking about?" Raven demanded, ignoring her grudge statement. "What do you mean, our friends will find us soon enough?" Her eyes narrowed. "What did you do to them?"

"Just a little thing I like to call… mind control."

At the instant Raven's heart sped up in worry and shock, it slowed down in relief, as well. It really wasn't Beastboy's fault! He had no choice but to kiss her! She was free to love and be loved in return! "Beastboy," she said quickly, turning to him in defeat. "I'm sorry. You were right…"

"Chill out, Rae," Beastboy ordered with a grin. "We both knew I was right from the start, and you just didn't want to admit it. But whatever, I'll live. But do you finally forgive me?"

"Forgive you?" Raven asked politely. "I'm taking on a new set of apologies."

He grinned. "Well, if someone has to forgive someone, then I guess I will forgive your new set of apologies before they turn into a new set of forgivey-thingies."

"Well, even if I turned them into a new set of forgivey-thingies to match your apologies, then you would just say that you would make a newer new set of apologies or forgivey-thingies to fight back against mine." She shook her head in disbelief. "Whoa," she said after a moment.

"Sweet," Beastboy commented. "I guess your hanging out with me has taken a licking to your attitude," he explained with a grin. "Cyborg wasn't such a prankster before he started hanging out with me," he explained. "I start everything."

"Ah," Terra said. "And I finish everything. Starting with my new three-man army. Now honestly, do you think two lesser Titans can stand a chance against the Titans Leader, the ex-Titans Leader, and his girl?" she asked fiercely.

"I think she put mind control on them," Beastboy said uneasily.

"Beastboy," she said, turning to him. "So what you said before… about forever… that was true?" she asked, tears welling in her eyes.

"Um," he said in surprise. "Yeah, of course it was."

She smiled – a genuinely happy smile – and took his hand. Then she whispered those words – Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos – those important words – and their powers combined. They combined with each other and the force of love. But they didn't turn to their current enemies, the other Titans. They turned to Terra.

"You're going to die, Terra," Raven said fiercely, her and Beastboy's bodies starting to glow, "and this time you are not coming back."

Me:

So, likey likey? Knowing how much I am starting to hate her, I think you all understand that Terra is going to have a nice, painful, perilous death.

Hah!

I still am not over the happiness of it all! Beastboy and Raven are together, Robin and Starfire are together, RC is dead, Philip is dead, Terra is gonna die, and… who am I forgetting?

Well, technically I'm not forgetting this person. But you guys probably have by now. I mean, I know he/she isn't a very main character, but he/she did sort of start the whole thing. So I'll make you a deal. I know this is really easy, but still, I want to know you are paying attention. Whoever tells me (in a review) who he/she is first will win a dedication next chapter.

DID YOU HEAR THAT, PEOPLE? IF YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION, THEN YOU GET A FREE DEDICATION IN THE LAST CHAPTER OF MY FANFIC! YAY!

Sorry, but I know that tons of people never read this part. So read, review, and answer my glorious question!

Luvin' you all,

Kweenie