"MAN, WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING?!"

Robin practiced his shadow boxing in his personal quarters. Robin could feel the sweat pour down his face as his punches and kicks intensified, feeling that every strike can shatter bones. Robin growled to himself.

"I almost took advantage of one of my teammates! I almost lost control down there! I had no right to touch her like that! NO RIGHT AT ALL!!" Feeling like he was about to reach his boiling point, Robin ran towards the punching bag, leapt into the air and performed a spinning back kick. The very kick knocked the bag right off the ceiling and had it slam onto the floor.

A knock tapped on his door. A very careful knock.

"Uh, Robin? Can I come in?"

Robin's eyes widen underneath his mask. After putting shirt and cape back on, Robin opened the door. Raven rubbed her shoulder as she nervously looked into Robin's eyes.

"Hey, uh, I was thinking about what you said to me earlier. About me depending on my powers too much."

"Like I said, Raven, just forget about it. Besides, didn't you say that you need to focus on your powers at all times so they won't go out of control?"

"Yeah, that's what I said. However, after that duel downstairs at the main lounge, it had me thinking. Maybe I can develop other skills besides my magic. And don't worry about me losing control. I can still keep my emotions in check when you… train me."

Robin raised a brow.

"Train you?? I don't think you need any-"

"Robin, please. I don't want to feel… powerless…"

Robin slightly looked away from Raven's eyes and looked down to the floor.

(… I'm so sorry…)

"Robin? You all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. We'll train at 19:00 hours at the Combat Room. You better be there."

"Where else am I going to be?"

"Excellent. See ya there."

Raven left Robin's room. As soon as Robin's door closed, Raven stood right where she was and rubbed her shoulder again.

The invitation had Raven wear a smile on her face.

The Combat Room resembled that of a martial arts dojo, with the floor made of wood and enormous mirrors on all four walls. Robin, wearing black spandex shorts and a skin-tight gray tank-top shirt, was doing his stretches while waiting for Raven. After a number of stretches, Robin stood on his hands and performed a nearly perfect split.

The steel doors opened. In came Raven, wearing a pair of black spandex pants and a skin-tight red tank-top shirt. Robin closed his legs and rolled himself up.

"Hey, Raven! Good to-"

Robin's eyes widen underneath his mask when he checked out what Raven was wearing. Seeing her in her skin-tight outfit, the heat began to rush up to his face.

(… Whoa, MAMA…)

"Uh, Robin? Are you okay? Maybe we should reschedule and-"

"NO, NO! EVERYTHING'S FINE! No better time than now. Let's begin with the stretches…"

The beginning of the training went off with a good start. After all the stretching, Robin and Raven decided to train under the discipline of Jeet Kune Do, the way of the intercepting fist. From the importance of keeping on your toes to the basics of punching and kicking, Raven has proven to be a fast learner! With just a few tries, it seemed she has mastered the basics within an hour.

Robin was very impressed to say the least.

"Okay, again!" Robin commanded. Robin held his palms up to Raven. With a good ki-yaah, Raven delivered a good combination of punches with a pair of roundhouse kicks to the head. Robin absorbed all the strikes with his padded hands.

"Very good! Looks like I got myself a sparring partner!" Robin commented. Raven smiled.

"Who knows? Next thing you know, it'll be ME who'll be the teacher," Raven responded.

"… Is that so?" Robin removed the pads off his hands and tossed a pair of sleeveless gloves to Raven. Robin put on a pair of his own.

"If you're that confident… then show me how much you've learned…" Robin got into his Jeet Kune Do stance, similar to that of a boxer. At first, Raven froze where she stood and just stared at the Boy Wonder.

(I… I hope I didn't offend him…) Raven reluctantly put her gloves on and mimicked Robin's stance. Both Titans circled one another, waiting to see who would be the first to make a move. Losing patience, Raven lunged at her leader and threw a lot of jabs, hooks and uppercuts at him.

None of them connected. Proving to be the most agile of the team, Robin danced around every blow she could muster. Feeling frustrated, Raven prepared to throw a huge blow at Robin's head. Just as she was about to deliver, Robin's fist stopped an inch away from Raven's face. The wind from Robin's quick fist flew through Raven's hair.

"Too slow."

Raven let out a battle-cry and threw a front kick for the stomach. Robin blocked it easily. Raven threw more kicks, ranging from front kicks to spin kicks. Raven unleashed a spinning back kick for Robin's chest, but Robin dodged it easily and lightly pushed Raven off balance with one hand. Raven landed pretty hard on the side of her body.

"What did I tell you about telegraphing your attacks?" With a light growl, Raven got up lunged at Robin again. With a huge ki-yaaah, Raven unleashed a huge right cross for Robin's face.

Robin did not block it.

Robin felt the impact of Raven's fist, looking like Kenshin receiving a fist from Kaoru in "Rurouni Kenshin". After spinning around awkwardly, Robin collapsed onto his back.

"ROBIN!!" Raven immediately took off her gloves and knelt down for her fallen comrade. Raven cradled him in her arms.

"ROBIN, SAY SOMETHING!"

"ORO!" Robin exclaimed, feeling spirals spinning from his eyes.

"Just sit tight. I'll heal you…" Raven closed her eyes and began to chant.

"… Raven… there's something I need to tell you…" Robin said weakly. Raven opened her eyes and brought her face close to Robin.

"… Closer…" Robin whispered. Raven brought her ear close to his lips.

"... Fooled you..." Robin smiled to himself and giggled.

"… WHY YOU…" Raven punched Robin lightly in the stomach for pretending to be hurt. Robin let out grunt, but he laughed soon after he felt some of the air get knocked out of him.

"Oh, man! You should have seen your face! OH, ROBIN! ROBIN, SAAAAAYY SOMETHING!" Robin said, saying it in a girly way.

Grinning, Raven placed her hands on Robin's waist and began to tickle him. Robin began to laugh uncontrollably as he kicked the air. Raven straddled on Robin's stomach and continued to assault him with her tickling, bringing them now to his armpits.

"That's what you get for getting me all worried!" Raven said, giggling to herself. Robin was laughing so hard that tears were beginning to soak up his mask. In a flash, Robin had himself switch places with Raven. Robin straddled on her stomach and began to tickle her back.

Raven laughed like never before. She laughed so uncontrollably that she almost felt like she was about to wet her pants. Robin snaked his hand to her back, hoping to find another tickling spot. Robin began to lightly tickle an area three inches away from Raven's lower spine.

Raven whipped her head back and let out a light moan. She closed her eyes and bit her lip from that very touch.

"R-Robin… You… you touched my…"

Robin looked at Raven with confusion.

"What's the matter, Raven? All I did was…"

Robin unknowingly rubbed that very spot with his fingers again. The great sensation from Robin's very touch rushed from her lower spine through her entire body. Raven arched her back and let out a gigantic moan of ecstasy, so loud that it filled the entire Combat Room. Raven breathed heavily and felt her cheeks turn red.

"…That was… so… wonderful…" Raven whispered. Robin finally realized what he did. His physical contact with Raven got personal. WAY too personal…

Robin placed her carefully on the floor and turned away. Sitting in an Indian Stance, Robin let his hair hide his eyes and blushed deeper than ever.

"I. AM. SOOOOO. SORRY…" Robin said. Raven slowly opened her eyes and weakly looked at his back.

"… No. It… it was my fault. I should have-"

"I have to go. I… I better be going before… before I do anything worse." Feeling ashamed of what he put her through, Robin left immediately. Raven was still on the floor, still recovering from Robin's sensual touch. Raven rubbed her fingers on the very spot that drove her crazy.

All she felt was nothing. Nothing at all.

"… It's not even a sexual spot. How did Robin do that?" Raven asked herself. Suddenly, her eyes widen.

"I have to do research on this. I must look up the Book of Azar. I must look up ALL the books. NOW." Raven immediately let her black aura engulf her and teleport her to her room.

Out on the huge balcony, Robin leaned on the steel rails. He let out a breath as he looked up to the full moon and shining stars. Robin was glad to be out at this time of night, since the temperature was just right and the air was so fresh.

"I was such a jerk. We've been alone in this tower for one day, and already I was going to forbidden territories," Robin said to himself, remembering the way Raven reacted by his very touch. Robin leaned his chin onto his arms on the rail.

"Maybe it's better if we keep our distance from each other until the others get here. Maybe that way, I won't piss her off the way Beast Boy and Cyborg did." Robin pictured Raven reaching her boiling point with him, feeling her dark aura ready to crush him like an insect.

"Remember me, kid?"

The voice of a young man startled Robin and got him backflipping into fighting position. Robin faced the shadowed man, whose red cape flowed with the wind. When the young man came out of the shadows, Robin formed slits out his masked eyes and tightened his fists. The masked man rolled his head and cracked his neck. Smiling underneath his mask, he got into a fighting position of his own.

"… You…" Robin rasped, preparing for the worst.

… to be continued.

Hey, you guys. Bleeding Wings here. First off, I'm very grateful for all my reviewers who helped me stay in the game. At first, I didn't think I was doing that well, since I wasn't receiving that many reviews. However, after reading your reviews, that encouraged me enough to hold on tight. I know I'm not as good as those who have received 80 or over 100 reviews, but I'll do what I can. Again, thank you all.

I won't be able to update my story on a daily basis like other fanfic writers do because I have very little time. So it's very likely that I'll update this fanfic every Sunday afternoon. I hope I'm making the right move.

In the next chapter, I'm going to do something really special for this romantically funny fic. Hopefully, Chapter 7 will rake up more reviews than the last six. What am I going to do, do you ask? Well, you'll just have to find out next Sunday. Take care, everyone!