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HA!!!! I tricked you all!!! You ALL thought Rae was gonna be w/ TK but NOOOOO!!! SEE? I'M NOT AS PREDICTABLE AS U THINK SENSUI!!!! heh heh... heh.... heh.. sry...

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans.

Chapter Twelve: Poacher's Return

By the time Raven got to the tower she was seriously beginning to wonder why she had ever brought this kid home. He was annoying her every two seconds. "So how long have you been part of the Titans? How long have you had your powers? Where did you get your powers? What is it I hear about you and this wolf character?" She was forgetting all the emotion controlling lesons she had been taught through her relationship with Silver.

Why did I bring this kid home? She thought to herself. Probably because of what Silver did... I guess he owed all that to Fox though... so I just guess he can't be nice to us both at the same time then. She heard laughing and shouting coming her way, and then a silver and then an orange blur rushed past her. The silver one however, reached out to her as he passed, and only by laying a finger on her arm, the two were stuck again, apart from reality.

Apart

"Raven..." He began.

"Yes Silver?" She asked. She kept trying to see what was going on around them, but she could do nothing but look at Silver.

"Are you.. ok?" She smiled.

"Yes. Silver, there may be a day when we do get together, but for now you have shown me how to control my emotions. I owe you everything, because I can have a normal life again, sorta.. And who knows, maybe we will be together. But right now I'd love to just be your best friend." They both smiled, then Silver kept running.

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Silver and Foxfire came to a stop as Terra, Beast Boy, Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg arrived outside the tower. TK wasted no time in introducing himself. "The Teen Titans, an honor to meet you. I am Elken Valmore, also and more commonly known as TK. I would be honored to join your team of heroes."

"We'll... see what we can do," Robin said.

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Everyone except Robin and Raven waited atop the tower with TK to see if he would be let in. Robin was doing a background check, and it turned out that this kid wasn't so heroic.

"Fifty robberies, but he apparently turned good again and was released.. then he came here." Robin said to Raven, focusing intently on the computer screen. Raven nodded. It was time to execute plan Wolfy. She reached out with her mind and told all the titans this, then she and Robin joined the rest.

"Well?" TK said expectantly.

"I'll tell you what," Robin began. "If you can beat Silver here in a little one on one duel, we'll let you into the team." TK agreed confidently. Silver could hardly contain his joy.

"I love Plan Me..." he whispered to Raven as he stepped forward.

"Crazy kid, isn't he?" Fox said to Raven.

"Yeah," Raven agreed, nodding. "Pretty crazy."

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TK stepped forward. "What will be the guidlines of our bout?" he asked, each second a bit of his evil being let out.

"Well," Silver said, raising his fist. Then he said very quickly as he punched, "WE FIGHT UNTIL ONE OF US CAN'T STAND UP AGAIN!!!" TK was completely surprised. Silver knocked him halfway across the roof. He quickly recovered however, and jumped up as Silver ran forward again. TK quickly brought out his hands, and Silver, right before he punched TK, seemed to have run into a wall. It was actually very funny.

"He's a mime psychic.." Raven muttered.

"Very good, Sakarade. But not good enough!" Then the boy's whole appearance seemed to changed. His skin was deathly pale, and his eyes glowed a strange red. He grew long fangs, grinning wickedly. His black hair seamed to be blowing in some invisible wind, and he slowly levitated and hovered a few feet above the ground.

"A demon mime psychic..." Raven said.

"Not good enough? Now who says anything about, NOT GOOD ENOUGH?" Silver roared, wolf ears sprouting from his head. "IN CASE SOME OF YOU DIDN'T REMEMBER, I HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER MY DEMON FORM NOW, THANKS TO THAT DEAR SERAPH!!!! AND IT IS MUCH MORE DEADLY THAN YOURS, ELKEN VALMORE!!!!" And with that Silver was once again the tall, wolfish form that was his demon form.

"Very impressive," the demon TK hissed. "But, like I said, NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!" He raised his hands, and a giant bubble of translucent energy was created. Silver's blood-red eyes grew wide, but quickly narrowed again confidently.

"Th-the shield of the Fallen One..." Raven said, shaking.

"The what of the who?" Fox asked.

"The shield of the Fallen One. This demon, or kid, or whatever must have taken it from the angel who helped us. If that is so, than this demon's powers must be great..."

"What's so special about the dude's shield?" Fox asked, confident in her friend.

"It's a powerful and legendary demonic technique. It isn't just a shield. Not only is it nearly inpenetrable, but it will kill on contact. All Elken has to do is walk forward a couple inches, and Silver is dead..." Now Fox was shaking in fear too. No one got any closer to the fighters, and Starfire 'hid' behind Robin.

"The seraph's technique..." Silver muttered. "Impressive... I must admit. But nothing compared with Shiroken." Silver said. (Pronounced, she-row-kin, a technique I came up with quite some time ago..)

Raven's eyes grew even wider. "The.. Shiroken.. but that's impossible..."

"The who's roken?" Fox asked, thouroughly frustrated at not knowing what anything was.

"The shield-breaker, a technique even more legendary. It was thought not to exist. It will penetrate every and all forms of barriers, and packs an enormously powerful punch while it's at it. And it seems," Raven said with a smile, "That our little Wolfy has mastered it, somehow."

"Shiroken!?" The monster took a step back. "Im-impossible! No one has mastered Shiroken!"

"Who you callin' no one?" Silver took a step forward. His fist began to glow with the bright electric blue energy of the Shiroken technique. "Tell me, before you die, why do you come to us?" Silver asked, inching closer. The evil demon held his ground, trying to be confident.

"Before you die I will tell you! I was sent by an old friend of yours, who is not yet dead!" And the best lunged forward.

Suddenly Silver's fist radiated electric blue enegy. He brought it towards the attacking beast, yelling, "SHIROKEN!!!!!" The shield of the Fallen One shattered, as well as the demon, all in a flash of light. Then Silver collapsed, in human form. "Poacher..." he muttered under his breath, sounding more like a growl.

"How can Poacher really be back?" Fox asked, starting to shake. "I mean, we saw you kill him.. how can he come back?"

"Oh, you'll find," a cold, familiar voice said from behind the girl, "That we demons have a way with things!" Everyone wheeled around, and was met by a bullet from a sniper rifle. Silver closed his eyes, then opened them again. They glowed pure silver, and the bullet fell in midair.

"This my rival," he said, rising into the air. Silver magic was flowing through his body, making him glow. "And mine alone. And I will kill him!" Silver gathered the Shiroken technique again to his fist.

"You fool!" Poacher screamed, "I'm not here to fight! I'm here to give you a message. A message from my master. You were the ones who redeemed the angel that had fallen, the one that my master worked so hard to push out of heaven. Now he is back, and my master cannot hide from his light much longer. Before his strength fails, he will have his revenge. So be warned, warriors of Earth. Be warned." And with that the twisted man vanished.

It took a minute for everything to sink in. Somehow Poacher survived. TK was really a demon who had stolen a technique from the seraph, who has some power that is destorying some evil force in heaven. That evil force happens to be Poacher's master, and now that force wants revenge before it dies, because Silver, Raven, and Foxfire had sent the seraph, its enemy, back into heaven.

"Great..." Silver muttered. "Now I have enemies in heaven.." Foxfire walked over to the sitting boy, and crouched behind him, rubbing his sore muscles.

"It's ok," she said, resting her chin on the boy's shoulder, "I'm sure we'll beat this freak too..."

"Yeah.." Silver said, not meaning it. "I sure hope so."

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It was late at night. Foxfire, Silver, and Raven met in Silver's room where they all sat in a triangle on his bed.

"We are gathered here today," Silver began, "To discuss what the hell we're going to do about this thing." Raven shrugged. Not a bad start of a speach, but a crappy ending.

"Yeah well I'll start," Fox said. "You see, I have always loved Silver, and well I came first."

"As I said," Raven interupted. "Silver and I are just friends now. He showed me how to have emotions, and that may be his only part in my life to play regarding love. But, I still love him. He is yours however, Fiona." She bowed her head.

"Well you don't have to be so sad about it!" Silver said, kissing Raven on the cheek. "I mean, c'mon, there's bound to be some other crazy demon you can fall in love with!" Raven hit him, then all out lunged at him, laughing. Foxfire joined in. And so, as the three fighters play-fought on the bed, a deep friendship was forged between them. And they were ready for whatever heaven's armies may have in store for them.

RAVEN'S WOLF

Ok I know it was short, but it's kinda the leading up to chapter. The rest will obviously be longer. I hope everyone is happy with the way things turned out regarding Silver's relationship. I hadn't intended to make a character that Silver would fall in love with, but it worked out for the best.