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Hello readers!!! What happened to Terra? Read more and you'll see!!!!!! I promise. Now then on w/ the show! Btw thx for reviewing ppl, i really do appreciate it!

This chapter is dedicated to... Allison Klatt, the closest to Raven a girl could be. (Huge compliment from me, btw... IN CASE U COULDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT...)

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans.

Chapter Four: An Old Rival

Raven and Silver continued walking to the theatre, which was now in sight. It suddenly began to pour down rain, but neither seemed to care. When they walked into the theatre, they were both soaking wet. Can't fly in this.. B.B. thought. He quickly became a mouse and scurried into the building, where he became a fly, and followed Raven as close as he dared, afraid she would pick up his thoughts.

Raven and Silver decided to go with a scary movie, some flick about a bunch of people dying. They got a large popcorn and two sodas, and headed to the movie, sitting in the back. Beast Boy followed them, planning on what he would do to ruin the date. Maybe I'll cause an 'accident' and make it seem like Silver ruined the date.. that would work.

The movie started. Raven didn't get scared, and Silver hardly payed any attention to the movie anyway. He would keep glancing over at Raven. Each time she caught him she would give him a sly grin and fling a piece of popcorn at him with her powers. Then Beast Boy changed into a small snake, and slipped into their popcorn. Raven reached in, but Silver grabbed her arm. "Don't!" he said. "I sense something." He reached out with his powers, spreading them throughout the popcorn, until he detected the snake, and gave it a shock. After some tumbling over of popcorn, some appearing of Beast Boy, and some 'Shhhhhh!' from the other people, Silver and Raven both said, "Beast Boy?" They were shocked to find him in their popcorn. Beast Boy ran out of the theatre, but was no match in a sprint for Silver, who quickly got in front of him. He turned to run back into the theater, but Raven blocked his path.

The rain beat down relentlessly still. "So," Silver began.

"Are we gonna do this the easy way," Raven continued.

"Or is this gonna get messy?" Silver finished.

"There's a perfectly good explanation for.." and Beast Boy was off, high into the air, and out of sight.

There was silence for a short time, just boy and girl standing in the rain outside the theatre. "So.. any idea why he was spying on us?" Silver asked.

"You mean trying to ruin our date."

"Yes, that too..."

"I'm not sure." Raven was very dissapointed. She had wanted to enjoy her time with Silver, instead it was ruined by a run-in with Beast Boy. "Let's.. let's just go home Silver."

"Are you sure Raven?" he asked. "We could-"

"No," she interupted him, "Please, let's go home."

"Do you want to walk?"

"I'd rather fly," she said. She just wanted to be alone. She leaned over to Silver, gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, and flew off, in her dark bird form.

"Thanks," Silver said to the empty air. "Thanks a lot Beast Boy. Thanks a lot." And he walked home through the rain, deep in despair, thinking he had lost her.

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Back at the tower Robin had long ago found the note. Cute, he thought, A wolf, of Raven's heart. Hightly unlikely, but I guess there's a first for everything. Little did he know that Raven was already in her room, beating herself up for running off like that. Damn it Rae!!! She screamed in her mind. What the hell did you do that for?? Don't let that idiot Beast Boy ruin everything!!!!!!!! Why the hell didn't you go back into the theatre!!!!!!!!!! She was crying, something she usually did not do. With her recent feelings for Silver, emotions had run freely, and less dangerously, than usual. I just wanted to go home.. it was ruined.... maybe.. if I can make it up to Silver, I could make it up to myself. But do I really want to? No.

Screw that, I'm goin'. She left her room and made her way to Silver's.

Silver heard a knock on the door. "Who is it?" he asked, looking up from a book.

"Raven."

"Come in.." Silver got up as Raven entered. He was very nervous, he didn't know how she felt about him anymore.

"I just wanted to say Silver, I'm sorry.... I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have run off like that."

"It's... ok.."

"No, it's not ok. Silver, rather you want me to know or not, you love me." The realization that she in fact did know this hit Silver hard. "Yes Raven, yes I do. I don't know how or why, but I love you more than I've ever loved before. And I want to be with you Raven. I don't want anything to get in the way, not Beast Boy, not anything."

Raven, hardly containing her emotions, said, "I could make it up to you."

"Oh?" Silver was intrigued.

"You wanna, go grab some tea or something?" It was the best Raven, who had never really dated, could come up with. She was still feeling very awkward, for although she had felt Silver's feelings, him actually confessing them to her, was quite a different matter.

"That would be great," Silver said. "And, let's sneak out... if you know what I mean.."

"Yes, let's," Raven said in an annoyed tone, remembering their incident with Beast Boy all too well.

"Then, we must confront him," Silver said, meaning Beast Boy.

"Yeah.." Silver took Raven's hands in his briefly, then led the way out onto the balcony, and out into the raining world.

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"Cyborg," Robin said from the kitchen table, to the bionic titan seated on the couch.

"Yeah man?"

"What do you know about Raven and Silver?"

"What do you mean?" Cyborg turned to look at Robin.

"Well, did you know that they happened to have gone to a movie? Together?"

"You don't say..."

"But I do."

"That's strange," Cyborg said, paying full attention now, thinking about the situation. "Raven doesn't really do.... together."

"I know, that's what puzzles me." Robin said, once again trying to figure out what was going on between them. "Beast Boy did say they kissed."

"Raven KISSED Silver?" Cyborg asked in shock.

"She did?" An amused and happy Starfire said flying into the room.

"Seems that way," Robin replied, hoping Star would stay under control, and not go telling the world.

"Well, I suppose it is possible that they like each other," Cyborg said.

"Oh glorious! We must celebrate this newfound love!" Starfire sang out while flying in circles.

"Maybe we should, just chill Star," Robin said, motioning for her to land.

"Where are they now?" Cyborg asked.

"I'll check in thier rooms." Robin said, hurrying off. When he returned, he said, "Neither are in their rooms, but Silver's balcony door is unlocked. I take it they don't want to be bothered, so let's just drop it for now."

"Alright," Cy agreed. Starfire was a little dissapointed, but she could always celebrate later.

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The wolf and raven walked hand in hand in pouring rain, on their way to Raven's favorite cafe. Good job Rae! Raven complimented herself, you made it up to him.... so far... Silver kept finding Raven more and more beautiful. He couldn't stop looking at her, or looking into her eyes. Every time she caught him, she would giggle and push him, or poke him. "You keep looking at me," she said in a happy tone, "Do I have something on my face or something?"

"No, no, nah, that? Oh no I wasn't looking at you, I was just, yeah, you know," Silver tried in vain to cover it up.

"Heh.. yeah...sure..." Raven said sarcastically. Silver said no more and walked on. They came to the cafe, dropped hands, and pushed open the door, causing the bell to ring. They sat, and ordered some tea. It was brought to them quickly.

Raven took a sip of the tea, still too hot, and looked up at Silver. She really looked at him. She did find him attractive, although she'd never realized it. She realized that if she were to love, she would love this boy, called Silver.

He sat across from Raven, his tea in front of him, steaming. He looked out the large front window of the cafe, and saw that it was still raining. He could see down the street, all the way to the ocean, and the small looking Titans Tower. Well that's what he would have seen, if he could take his eyes off of Raven.

Suddenly Raven sensed something. She looked out the window, and to her horror saw a man with a gun pointed right at Silver. Silver sensed it too, but a second too late. Raven focused her mind on the bullet, and it turned pitch black, then dropped to the ground outside. Silver turned to look at his attacker, and a rush of memories came flooding back to him.

The man was wearing dark cargo pants, a long khaki trenchcoat, and a cowboy hat of the same color. He held a pistol, which is what he used to shoot at Silver with. On his forehead, a tattoo read 'Poacher'. This man, was Poacher, and he had been trying to kill Silver for years. Why, you ask? Well, he kills all animal-like heros, and no one really has figured out why. But Silver, Silver he has been trying to kill for years, because of that day.

Flashback

Silver heard the gunshot. He looked up from his hiding place in the woods. He was ten years old at the time. He saw the man called poacher, and at his feet, a dead wolf. Rage filled Silver. He gathered all the magic he could into a single blast, and sent it at the man at high speed. Poacher turned and looked, but too late. The blast blew off his right arm, and it is now mechanical. But that's not all it did. His lunatic girlfriend had been in a truck behind Poacher, watching the killing spree. (Killing spree YAY!!!! only not for wolves.. sry ppl just had to say that.. -R.W.) The blast hit the truck, and it exploded, leaving the maniac girl to die. Poacher wandered off, clutching his bleeding shoulder. He barely got help in time, and some help it was too. His arm now had a built in sniper rifle, which.. would tend to come in handy. Silver ran off, scared and ashamed of the fact that he had killed someone. But Poacher had hunted him ever since.

End Flashback

Silver immediately took action. Poacher fired again, but the two titans were well away. Raven phased through the window, and levitated behind Poacher, high in the air. Silver dived out of the way, and ran with wolf speed out the door, ending up on Poacher's left.

It was still raining. A young waitress heard a gunshot, and looked outside, and saw a man, holding a smoking pistol. She didn't see what happened to the bullet. She was too stupid and afraid to move. She saw a silver and a black blur, and then the two kids she had served were outside. She heard another gunshot, and the shattering of glass. She then felt pain, and was knocked backwards. The bullet had hit her chest, and penetrated her heart, then stopped there. She was on the ground, dead, blood flowing out of her and slowly spreading onto the floor. Someone will have to clean up that mess... Poacher thought, turning his attention to the heros, who were ready to attack.

"Long time no see," he said, his voice more like a growl, to Silver. He said this as he raised his arm, sniper rifle ready. He fired, but the bullet was deflected by a silver shield of magic. Raven made her move. She chanted, "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!!!" and spread her power into a nearby car, but it dropped, as her focus was broken. Her focus was broken by the gunshot wound in her shoulder. Poacher had raised the pistol as she was preparing her attack, eyes on Silver the whole time. He shot, and hit her shoulder, knocking her out of the air.

That was his mistake. Silver was burning with pure rage and hatred. He coulndn't control himself. He knew it was dangerous to be this angry, but he didn't care. Silver flames covered his body, licking the air, begging to be set free. A wind was coming from Silver, blowing everything back. Poacher took a step back, realizing what set this new power loose. "So you like the girl, huh?" In a deep, demonic voice, Silver answered, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"

"Leave her alone or what?" Poacher asked, raising the pistol again. (Later, it is said that a spectator said, "This Poacher guy just doesn't know when to take a hint does he?")

"LEAVE HER ALONE OR YOU DIE!!!"

"Oh?" and he shot. The very moment he pulled the trigger, Silver's flames were released. All of his magic was freely flowing from his body now. The flare of energy knocked Poacher's hand to the side, and the bullet hit the girl's hip. Poacher dropped the gun, for now the flames were engulfing his arm, his good arm, and they slowly burned it off completely. "That's two arms you owe me!" Poacher shouted. He didn't dare fight now, for the energy flowing from Silver's body was destroying everything around him, except it was also protecting Raven's limp body.

Poacher turned to look back, and what he saw terrified him. Silver had turned completely into a wolf demon. His eyes glowed blood red, and you could feel the thirst. The thirst for Poacher's blood. His hands were claws, and he had grown several feet taller. He had wolf ears, and his hair was tawny-grayish, and moving in the wind of power that his magic was generating. But, despite all of these new additions to Silver's body, Poacher kept finding his eyes drawn back to those glowing, blood red eyes. You just knew, if you looked into those eyes. You just knew, that you were dead. It was your blood he wanted.

Silver focused as much power as he could into a giant ball of silver fire, and hurled it at Poacher. Poacher, who was much better equipped than he seemd, overcame his great fear, activated a cloaking device, and then jumped onto a nearby building, avoiding the blast that went on for a few miles, destroying everything it came into contact with.

Raven looked up, seeing the demon form of Silver. Damn, he's worse than me.. and she was entombed in a world of darkness, as the titans arrived. "Titans, hurry!" Robin cried out. Cyborg went to assist the unconcious Raven, blood pouring freely from her wounds. Starfire grabbed the now human and completely drained Silver, and carried him to the T-Car as well. The titans rushed to the hospital as fast as the car could go. Just please live... Silver thought, too exhausted to speak or move, just live Raven, just please, be there when I wake up... and he too fell unconcious.

HAHAHAHA cliffy yay!!!!!!! R&R ppl and enjoy!

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